Safi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Safi?

Safi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 272 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Safi between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1988, reaching 44.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Safi?

The coldest day measured in Safi between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2005, at 1.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Safi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Safi warmed?

Yes: Safi warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Safi?

The wettest day measured in Safi between 1940 and 2025 was 10 November 1988, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Safi?

The windiest day measured in Safi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1941, with winds reaching 70.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Safi?

The warmest month in Safi is August (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Safi?

Safi receives on average 272 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Safi?

Safi gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Safi (Morocco) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 272 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Safi averages 0 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 42 rainy days per year.

Safi 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 44.0 °C (on 2 August 1988) and the coldest 1.4 °C (on 29 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

SafiMarrakesh-Safi

coords: 32.30°, -9.24°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.6°C

Average daily high

22.7°C

Average daily low

14.9°C

Annual rainfall

272mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

23.6km/h

Seasonal range

9.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

19 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

42 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

22.0 °C

Average feels-like low

13.9 °C

Average peak gust

41.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

34 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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

44.0 °C

2 August 1988

Coldest day

1.4 °C

29 January 2005

Wettest day

85 mm

10 November 1988

Windiest day

70.6 km/h

15 February 1941

Strongest gust

112.0 km/h

12 February 2017

Hottest feels-like

44.5 °C

20 July 2009

Coldest feels-like

-3.5 °C

29 January 2005

Sunniest day

13.6 h

28 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.5 °C11 August 2025	5.2 °C15 January 2025	19.2 °C	268 mm	24
2024	34.7 °C14 February 2024	7.3 °C7 January 2024	19.5 °C	170 mm	14
2023	39.8 °C24 August 2023	5.8 °C3 February 2023	19.6 °C	128 mm	32
2022	36.7 °C9 July 2022	7.2 °C13 January 2022	19.5 °C	128 mm	23
2021	34.3 °C15 August 2021	6.1 °C18 January 2021	18.6 °C	173 mm	7
2020	40.6 °C26 August 2020	6.0 °C12 January 2020	19.1 °C	138 mm	18
2019	34.8 °C13 May 2019	4.0 °C9 January 2019	18.6 °C	105 mm	13
2018	32.2 °C5 August 2018	5.9 °C29 January 2018	18.3 °C	319 mm	7
2017	37.5 °C7 August 2017	5.7 °C17 January 2017	19.2 °C	137 mm	29
2016	33.9 °C29 August 2016	6.8 °C17 February 2016	19.0 °C	327 mm	14
2015	38.2 °C12 May 2015	5.7 °C6 February 2015	19.0 °C	154 mm	19
2014	34.1 °C19 October 2014	7.1 °C2 January 2014	19.0 °C	371 mm	14
2013	41.8 °C11 August 2013	4.9 °C31 December 2013	18.8 °C	226 mm	18
2012	39.5 °C20 August 2012	4.2 °C5 February 2012	19.0 °C	193 mm	33
2011	41.0 °C1 July 2011	6.4 °C5 February 2011	19.2 °C	267 mm	25
2010	41.8 °C26 August 2010	6.8 °C9 January 2010	19.5 °C	492 mm	25
2009	43.1 °C20 July 2009	5.8 °C12 January 2009	19.3 °C	347 mm	22
2008	39.4 °C29 June 2008	5.9 °C3 December 2008	18.7 °C	228 mm	10
2007	38.2 °C30 July 2007	6.8 °C27 January 2007	18.8 °C	144 mm	10
2006	37.7 °C1 September 2006	6.2 °C25 December 2006	19.0 °C	299 mm	18
2005	37.1 °C4 September 2005	1.4 °C29 January 2005	18.7 °C	187 mm	16
2004	39.9 °C24 July 2004	5.3 °C20 January 2004	19.0 °C	203 mm	22
2003	37.7 °C13 September 2003	5.0 °C13 January 2003	19.0 °C	275 mm	19
2002	36.3 °C19 October 2002	8.6 °C7 December 2002	18.9 °C	289 mm	11
2001	33.8 °C27 May 2001	7.4 °C8 January 2001	19.1 °C	229 mm	15
2000	37.9 °C31 July 2000	4.8 °C12 January 2000	18.8 °C	228 mm	17
1999	32.2 °C28 August 1999	5.2 °C3 February 1999	18.5 °C	204 mm	7
1998	33.5 °C24 March 1998	6.5 °C9 December 1998	19.0 °C	206 mm	8
1997	32.2 °C19 October 1997	7.3 °C4 January 1997	19.4 °C	293 mm	3
1996	32.3 °C2 November 1996	6.2 °C23 February 1996	18.8 °C	680 mm	10
1995	35.6 °C23 July 1995	5.0 °C9 January 1995	19.5 °C	228 mm	15
1994	37.1 °C5 July 1994	6.1 °C22 January 1994	18.7 °C	134 mm	25
1993	38.1 °C28 July 1993	5.5 °C17 January 1993	18.0 °C	233 mm	7
1992	37.6 °C17 August 1992	6.1 °C2 January 1992	18.6 °C	102 mm	17
1991	37.5 °C16 July 1991	5.8 °C14 January 1991	18.2 °C	266 mm	16
1990	39.7 °C5 August 1990	6.9 °C10 January 1990	18.9 °C	191 mm	18
1989	35.9 °C28 September 1989	6.3 °C1 January 1989	19.0 °C	371 mm	21
1988	44.0 °C2 August 1988	6.4 °C28 February 1988	18.6 °C	409 mm	35
1987	38.8 °C17 September 1987	6.3 °C5 January 1987	19.1 °C	321 mm	21
1986	37.3 °C21 August 1986	4.3 °C26 December 1986	18.1 °C	157 mm	17
1985	37.4 °C23 July 1985	4.2 °C16 January 1985	18.6 °C	256 mm	24
1984	36.1 °C22 July 1984	5.8 °C26 February 1984	18.1 °C	268 mm	22
1983	37.6 °C13 June 1983	4.8 °C5 January 1983	19.0 °C	213 mm	29
1982	39.3 °C26 July 1982	5.6 °C28 December 1982	18.2 °C	201 mm	14
1981	33.0 °C9 September 1981	3.8 °C12 January 1981	18.6 °C	117 mm	13
1980	38.5 °C6 August 1980	4.2 °C29 December 1980	18.7 °C	228 mm	37
1979	37.5 °C29 July 1979	6.2 °C22 December 1979	18.1 °C	329 mm	10
1978	39.6 °C22 July 1978	5.5 °C14 January 1978	18.4 °C	305 mm	19
1977	32.2 °C10 September 1977	6.0 °C8 January 1977	18.0 °C	285 mm	5
1976	39.1 °C10 August 1976	2.4 °C28 January 1976	17.9 °C	286 mm	15
1975	36.6 °C14 July 1975	6.5 °C12 March 1975	18.1 °C	318 mm	22
1974	41.8 °C15 August 1974	6.9 °C4 January 1974	17.7 °C	256 mm	25
1973	34.0 °C14 August 1973	6.2 °C8 January 1973	18.0 °C	237 mm	12
1972	32.0 °C23 July 1972	5.4 °C25 January 1972	17.2 °C	402 mm	4
1971	36.5 °C13 October 1971	6.0 °C2 January 1971	17.7 °C	344 mm	24
1970	42.4 °C2 July 1970	5.8 °C19 December 1970	18.5 °C	419 mm	26
1969	36.9 °C18 July 1969	6.6 °C2 December 1969	18.4 °C	494 mm	17
1968	37.0 °C29 June 1968	6.2 °C31 January 1968	18.2 °C	440 mm	19
1967	38.4 °C19 July 1967	5.1 °C15 December 1967	18.0 °C	390 mm	16
1966	36.1 °C17 August 1966	6.1 °C18 December 1966	18.4 °C	194 mm	14
1965	37.6 °C4 August 1965	3.7 °C8 January 1965	18.2 °C	309 mm	18
1964	37.4 °C15 July 1964	5.8 °C27 January 1964	18.5 °C	343 mm	32
1963	38.6 °C27 September 1963	4.7 °C25 December 1963	18.2 °C	627 mm	9
1962	36.5 °C13 September 1962	5.1 °C6 February 1962	18.5 °C	411 mm	34
1961	37.4 °C10 July 1961	3.6 °C15 January 1961	19.1 °C	249 mm	37
1960	35.4 °C14 September 1960	4.6 °C18 January 1960	18.3 °C	309 mm	19
1959	40.1 °C18 August 1959	6.2 °C5 January 1959	18.1 °C	210 mm	7
1958	38.1 °C14 August 1958	6.8 °C18 January 1958	18.5 °C	181 mm	19
1957	36.8 °C11 July 1957	3.5 °C22 January 1957	18.0 °C	288 mm	16
1956	37.2 °C2 August 1956	4.4 °C5 February 1956	17.8 °C	413 mm	22
1955	38.8 °C23 June 1955	6.3 °C9 March 1955	19.3 °C	377 mm	29
1954	38.5 °C24 July 1954	4.2 °C4 January 1954	18.0 °C	288 mm	22
1953	41.5 °C20 July 1953	4.4 °C11 January 1953	18.4 °C	228 mm	28
1952	36.8 °C12 July 1952	4.6 °C7 February 1952	18.2 °C	261 mm	21
1951	34.1 °C23 August 1951	6.5 °C12 January 1951	17.9 °C	291 mm	11
1950	34.8 °C28 June 1950	7.7 °C3 February 1950	18.3 °C	198 mm	12
1949	39.0 °C24 August 1949	5.6 °C16 January 1949	18.7 °C	218 mm	25
1948	38.0 °C28 June 1948	6.3 °C19 January 1948	18.4 °C	195 mm	18
1947	35.2 °C25 April 1947	4.5 °C28 December 1947	18.4 °C	341 mm	14
1946	40.0 °C13 July 1946	4.3 °C23 December 1946	18.2 °C	220 mm	31
1945	39.7 °C22 July 1945	1.9 °C8 January 1945	18.8 °C	162 mm	26
1944	37.6 °C31 July 1944	4.7 °C30 December 1944	18.3 °C	168 mm	17
1943	34.8 °C15 May 1943	3.6 °C1 January 1943	18.1 °C	218 mm	22
1942	37.1 °C19 May 1942	4.5 °C10 February 1942	18.1 °C	528 mm	11
1941	43.7 °C19 July 1941	3.4 °C7 January 1941	18.7 °C	292 mm	39
1940	35.2 °C17 August 1940	3.8 °C25 January 1940	18.0 °C	305 mm	28

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.4 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

24 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

268 mm

-4 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.4 °C	+2.3 °C	6 mm	-36 mm
Feb	19.8 °C	+0.9 °C	32 mm	-8 mm
Mar	20.1 °C	-0.3 °C	62 mm	+29 mm
Apr	21.8 °C	+0.5 °C	35 mm	+13 mm
May	23.4 °C	+0.4 °C	2 mm	-8 mm
Jun	26.3 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Jul	26.8 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	29.3 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	27.1 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Oct	24.8 °C	+0.3 °C	2 mm	-22 mm
Nov	22.5 °C	+0.9 °C	32 mm	-13 mm
Dec	18.3 °C	-0.5 °C	96 mm	+50 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.5 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest day

5.2 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

23.0 mm

13 Nov 2025

Windiest day

51.7 km/h

3 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

85.7 km/h

3 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.0 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.6 h

28 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Safi?

Safi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 272 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Safi?

The hottest day measured in Safi between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1988, reaching 44.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Safi?

The coldest day measured in Safi between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2005, at 1.4 °C.

Does it snow in Safi?

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

Has the climate of Safi warmed?

Yes: Safi warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Safi?

The wettest day measured in Safi between 1940 and 2025 was 10 November 1988, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Safi?

The windiest day measured in Safi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1941, with winds reaching 70.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Safi?

The warmest month in Safi is August (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Safi?

Safi receives on average 272 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Safi?

Safi gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Safi?

Yes: Safi has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Safi?

In Safi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.5 °C on 20 July 2009, and the lowest was -3.5 °C on 29 January 2005.

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