El Jadida climate — normals and trends
El Jadida (Morocco) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 368 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
El Jadida averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 53 rainy days per year.
El Jadida has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 2 August 1988) and the coldest 5.6 °C (on 28 January 2005).
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 JadidaCasablanca-Settat
- coords
- 33.26°, -8.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.3°C
Average daily high
20.2°C
Average daily low
16.6°C
Annual rainfall
368mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
21.8km/h
Seasonal range
8.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
53 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.3 °C
Average feels-like low
15.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
84 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
36.9 °C
2 August 1988
Coldest day
5.6 °C
28 January 2005
Wettest day
74 mm
30 November 2010
Windiest day
71.5 km/h
15 February 1941
Strongest gust
120.2 km/h
25 November 2002
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
2 August 1988
Coldest feels-like
0.7 °C
28 January 2005
Sunniest day
13.7 h
18 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 17 mm | -36 mm |
| Feb | 17.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 46 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 17.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 105 mm | +61 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 29 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 21.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 4 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 24.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 1 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 23.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 5 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 20.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 37 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 17.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 130 mm | +65 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Jadida?
El Jadida has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 368 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Jadida?
The hottest day measured in El Jadida between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1988, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Jadida?
The coldest day measured in El Jadida between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2005, at 5.6 °C.
Does it snow in El Jadida?
Almost never: El Jadida sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Jadida warmed?
Yes: El Jadida warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Jadida?
The wettest day measured in El Jadida between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 2010, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Jadida?
The windiest day measured in El Jadida between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1941, with winds reaching 71.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Jadida?
The warmest month in El Jadida is August (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.2 °C).
How much does it rain in El Jadida?
El Jadida receives on average 368 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 53 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Jadida?
El Jadida gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in El Jadida?
Yes: El Jadida has on average 84 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Jadida?
In El Jadida, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 2 August 1988, and the lowest was 0.7 °C on 28 January 2005.
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