Errachidia climate — normals and trends
Errachidia (Morocco) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 126 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 July (29.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Errachidia averages 13 frost days, 110 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 25 rainy days per year.
Errachidia has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 24 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 12 July 2024) and the coldest -10.6 °C (on 9 January 1965).
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
ErrachidiaDrâa-Tafilalet
- coords
- 31.93°, -4.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.0°C
Average daily high
23.8°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
126mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
38%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
110 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
25 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.7 cm
Average feels-like high
21.1 °C
Average feels-like low
9.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
68 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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
41.6 °C
12 July 2024
Coldest day
-10.6 °C
9 January 1965
Wettest day
79 mm
18 October 1979
Windiest day
47.6 km/h
10 April 2008
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
16 April 1962
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
19 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-15.0 °C
9 January 1965
Snowiest day
10.2 cm
29 January 2018
Sunniest day
13.7 h
7 June 1959
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 16.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 8 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 20.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 12 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 23.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 40 mm | +27 mm |
| May | 28.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 9 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 34.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 7 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 37.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 36.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 31.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 14 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 27.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 1 mm | -19 mm |
| Nov | 20.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 2 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 12.1 °C | -1.5 °C | 66 mm | +54 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Errachidia?
Errachidia has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 126 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Errachidia?
The hottest day measured in Errachidia between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2024, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Errachidia?
The coldest day measured in Errachidia between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1965, at -10.6 °C.
Does it snow in Errachidia?
Yes. Errachidia gets on average 3.7 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of Errachidia warmed?
Yes: Errachidia warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Errachidia?
The wettest day measured in Errachidia between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1979, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Errachidia?
The windiest day measured in Errachidia between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 2008, with winds reaching 47.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Errachidia?
The warmest month in Errachidia is July (29.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Errachidia?
Errachidia receives on average 126 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 25 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Errachidia?
Errachidia gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Errachidia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Errachidia between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2018, with 10.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Errachidia?
Yes: Errachidia has on average 68 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Errachidia?
In Errachidia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 19 July 2010, and the lowest was -15.0 °C on 9 January 1965.
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