Khenifra climate — normals and trends
Khenifra (Morocco) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 588 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 (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Khenifra averages 13 frost days, 87 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Khenifra has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 22 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.6 °C (on 23 July 2024) and the coldest -12.0 °C (on 28 January 1976).
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
KhenifraBeni Mellal-Khenifra
- coords
- 32.93°, -5.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
22.8°C
Average daily low
10.2°C
Annual rainfall
588mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
87 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
13.4 cm
Average feels-like high
21.5 °C
Average feels-like low
8.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
26 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
43.6 °C
23 July 2024
Coldest day
-12.0 °C
28 January 1976
Wettest day
78 mm
18 December 1963
Windiest day
40.7 km/h
15 December 1975
Strongest gust
102.2 km/h
15 December 1975
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
23 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-16.9 °C
15 January 1981
Snowiest day
17.9 cm
12 January 1945
Sunniest day
13.7 h
4 June 1957
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 47 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 17.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 35 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 15.8 °C | -1.9 °C | 188 mm | +111 mm |
| Apr | 21.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 73 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 25.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 16 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 33.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 17 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 36.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 11 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 36.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 12 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 31.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 17 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 28.4 °C | +4.4 °C | 5 mm | -38 mm |
| Nov | 20.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 48 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 12.0 °C | -2.6 °C | 177 mm | +95 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khenifra?
Khenifra has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 588 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khenifra?
The hottest day measured in Khenifra between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2024, reaching 43.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khenifra?
The coldest day measured in Khenifra between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1976, at -12.0 °C.
Does it snow in Khenifra?
Yes. Khenifra gets on average 13.4 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of Khenifra warmed?
Yes: Khenifra warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khenifra?
The wettest day measured in Khenifra between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1963, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khenifra?
The windiest day measured in Khenifra between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1975, with winds reaching 40.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khenifra?
The warmest month in Khenifra is July (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Khenifra?
Khenifra receives on average 588 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khenifra?
Khenifra gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Khenifra?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khenifra between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1945, with 17.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khenifra?
Yes: Khenifra has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khenifra?
In Khenifra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 23 July 2024, and the lowest was -16.9 °C on 15 January 1981.
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