Dakhla climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dakhla?

Dakhla has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 291 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dakhla?

The hottest day measured in Dakhla between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2023, reaching 49.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dakhla?

The coldest day measured in Dakhla between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1954, at 3.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dakhla?

Almost never: Dakhla sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Dakhla warmed?

Yes: Dakhla warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dakhla?

The wettest day measured in Dakhla between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 2014, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dakhla?

The windiest day measured in Dakhla between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1993, with winds reaching 39.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dakhla?

The warmest month in Dakhla is August (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dakhla?

Dakhla receives on average 291 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 28 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dakhla?

Dakhla gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dakhla (Morocco) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 291 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Dakhla averages 0 frost days, 88 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 28 rainy days per year.

Dakhla has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 49.2 °C (on 11 August 2023) and the coldest 3.0 °C (on 8 February 1954).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

DakhlaSouss-Massa

coords: 30.41°, -9.55°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.2°C

Average daily high

25.7°C

Average daily low

15.8°C

Annual rainfall

291mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

14.1km/h

Seasonal range

13.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

88 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

28 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.7 °C

Average feels-like low

15.8 °C

Average peak gust

36.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

75 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

49.2 °C

11 August 2023

Coldest day

3.0 °C

8 February 1954

Wettest day

101 mm

28 November 2014

Windiest day

39.9 km/h

16 March 1993

Strongest gust

95.4 km/h

28 November 2014

Hottest feels-like

48.4 °C

16 July 2012

Coldest feels-like

0.2 °C

8 February 1954

Sunniest day

13.4 h

4 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	44.9 °C10 August 2025	7.5 °C8 February 2025	21.1 °C	215 mm	103
2024	43.4 °C3 August 2024	8.3 °C11 December 2024	21.7 °C	120 mm	102
2023	49.2 °C11 August 2023	6.9 °C25 January 2023	22.1 °C	114 mm	133
2022	47.0 °C9 July 2022	8.5 °C12 January 2022	22.1 °C	149 mm	129
2021	46.8 °C18 July 2021	7.6 °C15 January 2021	20.8 °C	281 mm	89
2020	47.2 °C6 July 2020	7.6 °C19 January 2020	21.6 °C	117 mm	122
2019	43.5 °C23 August 2019	5.8 °C10 January 2019	21.1 °C	63 mm	98
2018	40.1 °C9 July 2018	6.4 °C8 February 2018	20.0 °C	257 mm	84
2017	46.1 °C7 August 2017	6.2 °C22 January 2017	21.7 °C	152 mm	126
2016	44.5 °C5 August 2016	7.9 °C18 December 2016	21.0 °C	269 mm	84
2015	43.6 °C21 July 2015	6.3 °C7 February 2015	20.9 °C	198 mm	80
2014	39.7 °C12 May 2014	7.7 °C4 January 2014	20.8 °C	381 mm	91
2013	45.0 °C15 August 2013	6.8 °C1 March 2013	20.7 °C	240 mm	77
2012	47.2 °C16 July 2012	6.2 °C6 February 2012	21.5 °C	229 mm	111
2011	43.1 °C1 July 2011	7.1 °C4 February 2011	21.0 °C	349 mm	103
2010	46.0 °C26 August 2010	7.1 °C9 January 2010	21.3 °C	685 mm	88
2009	47.1 °C30 July 2009	5.8 °C12 January 2009	21.5 °C	394 mm	101
2008	43.6 °C27 June 2008	6.3 °C17 December 2008	20.8 °C	190 mm	92
2007	45.2 °C29 July 2007	7.5 °C22 January 2007	20.6 °C	131 mm	75
2006	42.7 °C10 July 2006	5.6 °C31 January 2006	20.8 °C	234 mm	98
2005	44.6 °C20 July 2005	3.4 °C29 January 2005	20.5 °C	253 mm	86
2004	45.1 °C24 July 2004	6.5 °C29 December 2004	20.5 °C	285 mm	104
2003	40.9 °C23 July 2003	5.1 °C17 January 2003	20.9 °C	221 mm	111
2002	42.4 °C29 July 2002	8.2 °C17 March 2002	20.6 °C	340 mm	78
2001	44.4 °C6 August 2001	7.9 °C12 November 2001	21.2 °C	121 mm	105
2000	45.0 °C31 July 2000	6.8 °C11 January 2000	20.6 °C	255 mm	100
1999	44.8 °C2 July 1999	6.2 °C19 December 1999	20.0 °C	208 mm	87
1998	44.7 °C5 August 1998	8.3 °C26 January 1998	20.9 °C	347 mm	95
1997	36.2 °C15 August 1997	7.9 °C4 January 1997	20.2 °C	238 mm	48
1996	39.9 °C3 August 1996	7.6 °C9 December 1996	19.9 °C	872 mm	96
1995	42.8 °C22 July 1995	7.3 °C28 February 1995	21.0 °C	353 mm	90
1994	46.6 °C10 July 1994	6.9 °C19 January 1994	21.0 °C	81 mm	93
1993	44.4 °C11 August 1993	7.1 °C11 January 1993	19.3 °C	261 mm	56
1992	43.3 °C13 August 1992	7.2 °C25 January 1992	20.4 °C	77 mm	81
1991	41.6 °C2 September 1991	6.7 °C31 January 1991	19.5 °C	266 mm	79
1990	42.9 °C25 August 1990	6.7 °C23 January 1990	20.6 °C	206 mm	87
1989	41.2 °C24 August 1989	7.3 °C12 January 1989	20.5 °C	452 mm	89
1988	46.9 °C1 August 1988	7.3 °C8 February 1988	20.1 °C	491 mm	74
1987	44.9 °C19 August 1987	6.9 °C2 January 1987	20.6 °C	419 mm	69
1986	44.9 °C21 August 1986	6.5 °C27 December 1986	19.7 °C	238 mm	68
1985	44.3 °C22 August 1985	4.3 °C16 January 1985	20.6 °C	241 mm	96
1984	43.8 °C1 August 1984	7.2 °C30 January 1984	20.0 °C	234 mm	75
1983	43.7 °C5 September 1983	6.8 °C2 January 1983	20.7 °C	266 mm	92
1982	45.3 °C26 July 1982	5.9 °C24 December 1982	19.6 °C	323 mm	57
1981	42.9 °C19 August 1981	4.9 °C16 January 1981	20.3 °C	162 mm	81
1980	45.5 °C6 August 1980	5.9 °C15 January 1980	20.5 °C	309 mm	87
1979	46.0 °C28 July 1979	6.2 °C23 December 1979	19.7 °C	394 mm	57
1978	45.4 °C18 July 1978	5.2 °C14 January 1978	20.1 °C	231 mm	73
1977	37.7 °C10 May 1977	7.6 °C3 February 1977	19.7 °C	254 mm	54
1976	44.3 °C6 August 1976	5.3 °C27 January 1976	19.0 °C	301 mm	40
1975	46.4 °C15 July 1975	7.1 °C13 March 1975	20.2 °C	234 mm	88
1974	45.0 °C2 July 1974	7.0 °C22 February 1974	19.4 °C	273 mm	76
1973	42.5 °C27 July 1973	7.1 °C20 February 1973	19.9 °C	191 mm	86
1972	42.2 °C22 July 1972	5.8 °C25 January 1972	18.1 °C	433 mm	38
1971	42.9 °C21 July 1971	6.4 °C29 December 1971	19.1 °C	251 mm	70
1970	45.2 °C2 July 1970	7.3 °C17 March 1970	20.4 °C	566 mm	87
1969	43.0 °C30 July 1969	5.6 °C2 December 1969	19.5 °C	442 mm	51
1968	43.8 °C23 July 1968	5.1 °C1 January 1968	19.6 °C	471 mm	92
1967	46.1 °C20 July 1967	5.1 °C13 December 1967	19.9 °C	499 mm	93
1966	43.3 °C17 August 1966	7.8 °C12 December 1966	20.2 °C	216 mm	89
1965	43.9 °C3 August 1965	4.1 °C7 January 1965	19.6 °C	439 mm	86
1964	41.7 °C10 July 1964	5.8 °C30 January 1964	20.1 °C	313 mm	116
1963	41.7 °C17 July 1963	6.1 °C9 February 1963	19.1 °C	891 mm	69
1962	44.3 °C10 August 1962	6.3 °C11 February 1962	20.2 °C	469 mm	87
1961	44.6 °C9 July 1961	4.0 °C15 January 1961	21.1 °C	248 mm	107
1960	41.3 °C24 August 1960	5.3 °C26 December 1960	19.6 °C	268 mm	93
1959	45.2 °C17 August 1959	7.4 °C4 February 1959	19.2 °C	229 mm	61
1958	43.7 °C14 August 1958	6.6 °C1 January 1958	20.4 °C	208 mm	91
1957	45.1 °C21 July 1957	3.7 °C17 January 1957	19.4 °C	294 mm	77
1956	44.0 °C1 August 1956	5.2 °C2 January 1956	19.2 °C	457 mm	108
1955	42.5 °C31 August 1955	5.4 °C13 March 1955	20.3 °C	407 mm	110
1954	44.0 °C24 July 1954	3.0 °C8 February 1954	19.5 °C	281 mm	117
1953	45.9 °C20 July 1953	4.2 °C18 February 1953	19.5 °C	398 mm	82
1952	43.7 °C12 July 1952	4.5 °C24 January 1952	19.7 °C	204 mm	82
1951	41.5 °C23 August 1951	6.9 °C13 February 1951	19.5 °C	211 mm	78
1950	42.5 °C15 July 1950	6.6 °C28 December 1950	20.3 °C	88 mm	86
1949	43.4 °C19 July 1949	6.3 °C12 January 1949	19.9 °C	260 mm	72
1948	43.9 °C24 July 1948	5.7 °C20 January 1948	20.2 °C	176 mm	93
1947	44.1 °C3 August 1947	6.2 °C26 December 1947	19.8 °C	399 mm	82
1946	45.7 °C23 July 1946	5.8 °C22 December 1946	20.2 °C	157 mm	109
1945	45.2 °C21 July 1945	4.7 °C2 January 1945	20.6 °C	181 mm	100
1944	46.3 °C31 July 1944	5.1 °C31 December 1944	19.9 °C	111 mm	77
1943	42.3 °C28 August 1943	3.8 °C1 January 1943	19.8 °C	236 mm	114
1942	42.8 °C18 July 1942	4.8 °C30 December 1942	19.8 °C	473 mm	103
1941	46.6 °C18 July 1941	5.6 °C2 January 1941	20.1 °C	325 mm	100
1940	42.9 °C23 July 1940	5.9 °C24 January 1940	19.4 °C	268 mm	92

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.7 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

103 d/yr

+15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

215 mm

-76 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	22.0 °C	+2.9 °C	3 mm	-39 mm
Feb	22.4 °C	+1.8 °C	16 mm	-30 mm
Mar	21.3 °C	-1.3 °C	84 mm	+44 mm
Apr	24.7 °C	+0.8 °C	12 mm	-9 mm
May	26.2 °C	-0.3 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Jun	31.8 °C	+3.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	33.5 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	35.2 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.8 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Oct	27.0 °C	+0.3 °C	2 mm	-24 mm
Nov	25.2 °C	+2.2 °C	24 mm	-23 mm
Dec	19.3 °C	-0.4 °C	72 mm	+18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.9 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest day

7.5 °C

8 Feb 2025

Wettest day

27.2 mm

27 Dec 2025

Windiest day

26.9 km/h

13 May 2025

Strongest gust

66.6 km/h

13 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

9 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.9 °C

8 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

4 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dakhla?

Dakhla has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 291 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dakhla?

The hottest day measured in Dakhla between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2023, reaching 49.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dakhla?

The coldest day measured in Dakhla between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1954, at 3.0 °C.

Does it snow in Dakhla?

Almost never: Dakhla sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Dakhla warmed?

Yes: Dakhla warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dakhla?

The wettest day measured in Dakhla between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 2014, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dakhla?

The windiest day measured in Dakhla between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1993, with winds reaching 39.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dakhla?

The warmest month in Dakhla is August (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Dakhla?

Dakhla receives on average 291 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 28 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dakhla?

Dakhla gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dakhla?

Yes: Dakhla has on average 75 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dakhla?

In Dakhla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.4 °C on 16 July 2012, and the lowest was 0.2 °C on 8 February 1954.

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