El Hajeb climate — normals and trends
El Hajeb (Morocco) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 613 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
El Hajeb averages 9 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
El Hajeb has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 14 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 10 July 2021) and the coldest -8.6 °C (on 9 January 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
El HajebFes-Meknes
- coords
- 33.69°, -5.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.3°C
Average daily high
20.9°C
Average daily low
10.1°C
Annual rainfall
613mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
12.9km/h
Seasonal range
16.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
48 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.3 cm
Average feels-like high
20.0 °C
Average feels-like low
8.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
16 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · p = < 0.001
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
41.0 °C
10 July 2021
Coldest day
-8.6 °C
9 January 1954
Wettest day
64 mm
11 February 1956
Windiest day
42.1 km/h
19 January 2013
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
16 January 1972
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
10 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-12.8 °C
9 January 1954
Snowiest day
13.0 cm
13 December 1949
Sunniest day
13.8 h
26 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 47 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 15.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 44 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 156 mm | +78 mm |
| Apr | 20.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 83 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 23.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 27 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 30.9 °C | +5.0 °C | 23 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 32.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 9 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 33.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 13 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 28.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 16 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 26.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 7 mm | -45 mm |
| Nov | 19.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 46 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 11.9 °C | -1.9 °C | 150 mm | +79 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Hajeb?
El Hajeb has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 613 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Hajeb?
The hottest day measured in El Hajeb between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2021, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Hajeb?
The coldest day measured in El Hajeb between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1954, at -8.6 °C.
Does it snow in El Hajeb?
Yes. El Hajeb gets on average 28.3 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of El Hajeb warmed?
Yes: El Hajeb warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Hajeb?
The wettest day measured in El Hajeb between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1956, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Hajeb?
The windiest day measured in El Hajeb between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 2013, with winds reaching 42.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Hajeb?
The warmest month in El Hajeb is August (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.6 °C).
How much does it rain in El Hajeb?
El Hajeb receives on average 613 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Hajeb?
El Hajeb gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in El Hajeb?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in El Hajeb between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1949, with 13.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in El Hajeb?
Yes: El Hajeb has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Hajeb?
In El Hajeb, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 10 July 2023, and the lowest was -12.8 °C on 9 January 1954.
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