Sidi Kacem climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sidi Kacem?

Sidi Kacem has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 504 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sidi Kacem?

The hottest day measured in Sidi Kacem between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1995, reaching 46.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sidi Kacem?

The coldest day measured in Sidi Kacem between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2005, at -4.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sidi Kacem?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sidi Kacem warmed?

Yes: Sidi Kacem warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sidi Kacem?

The wettest day measured in Sidi Kacem between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 2010, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sidi Kacem?

The windiest day measured in Sidi Kacem between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, with winds reaching 39.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sidi Kacem?

The warmest month in Sidi Kacem is August (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sidi Kacem?

Sidi Kacem receives on average 504 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sidi Kacem?

Sidi Kacem gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sidi Kacem (Morocco) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 504 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Sidi Kacem averages 0 frost days, 95 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 68 rainy days per year.

Sidi Kacem has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.3 °C (on 23 July 1995) and the coldest -4.1 °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

Sidi KacemRabat-Salé-Kénitra

coords: 34.22°, -5.71°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.6°C

Average daily high

24.7°C

Average daily low

13.5°C

Annual rainfall

504mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

13.3km/h

Seasonal range

14.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

68 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.8 °C

Average feels-like low

13.0 °C

Average peak gust

30.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

45 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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

46.3 °C

23 July 1995

Coldest day

-4.1 °C

28 January 2005

Wettest day

78 mm

30 November 2010

Windiest day

39.5 km/h

16 February 1956

Strongest gust

100.4 km/h

16 January 1972

Hottest feels-like

48.1 °C

10 July 2021

Coldest feels-like

-7.7 °C

28 January 2005

Snowiest day

0.8 cm

13 December 1949

Sunniest day

13.9 h

17 June 2004

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.2 °C12 August 2025	3.4 °C16 January 2025	19.8 °C	572 mm	123	0
2024	42.7 °C24 July 2024	2.8 °C11 December 2024	19.9 °C	437 mm	114	0
2023	45.1 °C26 June 2023	0.6 °C26 January 2023	20.4 °C	241 mm	137	0
2022	43.6 °C13 July 2022	3.0 °C20 January 2022	20.4 °C	352 mm	126	0
2021	46.0 °C10 July 2021	1.0 °C4 January 2021	19.0 °C	418 mm	101	0
2020	42.5 °C7 July 2020	2.1 °C31 December 2020	19.6 °C	341 mm	110	0
2019	40.3 °C23 August 2019	0.3 °C8 January 2019	18.9 °C	329 mm	111	0
2018	43.3 °C2 August 2018	1.6 °C3 February 2018	18.5 °C	693 mm	95	0
2017	44.3 °C24 June 2017	0.7 °C16 January 2017	20.8 °C	273 mm	159	0
2016	44.3 °C25 July 2016	3.2 °C12 March 2016	20.4 °C	439 mm	138	0
2015	43.6 °C27 June 2015	1.9 °C8 February 2015	20.0 °C	360 mm	128	0
2014	41.0 °C14 May 2014	2.4 °C8 December 2014	19.3 °C	505 mm	129	0
2013	42.7 °C11 August 2013	0.8 °C8 February 2013	18.9 °C	552 mm	112	0
2012	43.5 °C17 July 2012	-1.9 °C4 February 2012	18.8 °C	475 mm	118	5
2011	43.6 °C25 June 2011	0.6 °C3 March 2011	19.5 °C	525 mm	138	0
2010	45.7 °C26 August 2010	3.7 °C16 November 2010	19.7 °C	871 mm	103	0
2009	44.9 °C21 July 2009	1.2 °C11 January 2009	19.7 °C	638 mm	132	0
2008	41.2 °C18 July 2008	3.1 °C24 March 2008	18.8 °C	543 mm	104	0
2007	41.5 °C4 August 2007	1.7 °C28 January 2007	19.1 °C	355 mm	103	0
2006	43.9 °C10 July 2006	2.2 °C4 January 2006	19.6 °C	473 mm	105	0
2005	45.1 °C20 July 2005	-4.1 °C28 January 2005	19.4 °C	267 mm	131	3
2004	44.6 °C29 June 2004	0.7 °C20 January 2004	19.3 °C	307 mm	120	0
2003	43.7 °C31 July 2003	0.7 °C2 February 2003	19.6 °C	574 mm	118	0
2002	39.7 °C28 July 2002	3.7 °C7 December 2002	19.2 °C	502 mm	103	0
2001	41.1 °C28 May 2001	2.1 °C16 November 2001	19.6 °C	294 mm	116	0
2000	44.0 °C31 July 2000	2.1 °C11 January 2000	19.0 °C	503 mm	103	0
1999	40.1 °C7 July 1999	1.3 °C18 December 1999	18.6 °C	380 mm	95	0
1998	42.0 °C18 June 1998	1.9 °C7 December 1998	19.0 °C	312 mm	79	0
1997	38.3 °C6 July 1997	3.6 °C28 December 1997	19.6 °C	622 mm	81	0
1996	41.5 °C28 June 1996	-0.4 °C23 February 1996	18.8 °C	927 mm	88	1
1995	46.3 °C23 July 1995	0.4 °C9 January 1995	19.9 °C	351 mm	99	0
1994	40.6 °C10 July 1994	0.1 °C26 December 1994	18.6 °C	311 mm	80	0
1993	39.8 °C22 July 1993	2.5 °C9 January 1993	17.7 °C	403 mm	56	0
1992	40.3 °C5 August 1992	0.6 °C25 January 1992	18.1 °C	319 mm	66	0
1991	41.9 °C13 July 1991	0.7 °C14 January 1991	18.0 °C	431 mm	85	0
1990	41.8 °C3 August 1990	2.8 °C23 January 1990	18.9 °C	493 mm	80	0
1989	42.6 °C18 July 1989	1.5 °C4 January 1989	19.4 °C	586 mm	109	0
1988	43.1 °C2 August 1988	3.2 °C8 January 1988	18.7 °C	382 mm	84	0
1987	41.9 °C27 July 1987	0.6 °C17 January 1987	19.2 °C	597 mm	93	0
1986	40.3 °C29 July 1986	-0.2 °C25 December 1986	18.3 °C	463 mm	84	1
1985	43.0 °C4 August 1985	-0.9 °C1 January 1985	18.9 °C	411 mm	111	2
1984	41.6 °C28 July 1984	1.5 °C30 December 1984	18.0 °C	460 mm	81	0
1983	39.3 °C15 June 1983	1.8 °C3 January 1983	18.8 °C	441 mm	83	0
1982	44.6 °C19 August 1982	2.8 °C16 December 1982	18.3 °C	489 mm	72	0
1981	41.8 °C12 June 1981	-0.5 °C15 January 1981	19.2 °C	271 mm	103	2
1980	44.9 °C22 July 1980	-0.8 °C3 December 1980	18.6 °C	489 mm	96	1
1979	42.7 °C28 July 1979	2.3 °C31 March 1979	18.0 °C	586 mm	70	0
1978	42.5 °C23 July 1978	2.5 °C15 January 1978	18.4 °C	516 mm	77	0
1977	37.2 °C12 September 1977	2.0 °C8 January 1977	17.8 °C	553 mm	44	0
1976	40.5 °C8 August 1976	-1.7 °C28 January 1976	17.5 °C	750 mm	62	2
1975	39.9 °C29 July 1975	2.6 °C20 November 1975	17.5 °C	556 mm	69	0
1974	41.5 °C16 August 1974	1.9 °C5 March 1974	17.6 °C	493 mm	79	0
1973	40.2 °C14 August 1973	1.8 °C3 February 1973	18.1 °C	478 mm	81	0
1972	38.7 °C18 August 1972	0.8 °C25 January 1972	16.8 °C	703 mm	42	0
1971	39.8 °C29 July 1971	0.3 °C2 January 1971	17.6 °C	778 mm	86	0
1970	40.9 °C4 September 1970	0.0 °C16 February 1970	18.8 °C	577 mm	100	0
1969	40.5 °C12 July 1969	1.8 °C6 December 1969	18.5 °C	902 mm	77	0
1968	41.4 °C30 June 1968	2.0 °C5 February 1968	18.4 °C	710 mm	101	0
1967	42.3 °C19 July 1967	2.0 °C8 January 1967	18.1 °C	570 mm	74	0
1966	40.8 °C27 June 1966	3.1 °C27 November 1966	18.1 °C	414 mm	88	0
1965	42.2 °C5 August 1965	1.3 °C6 January 1965	18.0 °C	583 mm	68	0
1964	39.5 °C15 July 1964	1.6 °C31 December 1964	18.2 °C	508 mm	119	0
1963	37.5 °C9 August 1963	1.0 °C23 February 1963	18.0 °C	785 mm	73	0
1962	41.1 °C20 August 1962	1.4 °C15 December 1962	18.2 °C	588 mm	94	0
1961	42.1 °C27 August 1961	1.8 °C13 January 1961	18.9 °C	459 mm	90	0
1960	39.1 °C13 September 1960	1.7 °C17 January 1960	17.9 °C	809 mm	63	0
1959	39.3 °C16 August 1959	3.4 °C5 January 1959	17.7 °C	518 mm	57	0
1958	40.8 °C16 August 1958	1.8 °C28 February 1958	18.6 °C	405 mm	79	0
1957	40.0 °C1 August 1957	1.1 °C20 January 1957	17.8 °C	559 mm	73	0
1956	40.6 °C1 August 1956	-0.2 °C13 February 1956	17.3 °C	691 mm	83	1
1955	42.1 °C4 July 1955	3.0 °C11 March 1955	19.4 °C	718 mm	126	0
1954	44.3 °C19 August 1954	-2.0 °C9 January 1954	17.9 °C	464 mm	105	1
1953	44.4 °C20 July 1953	-0.8 °C11 January 1953	18.4 °C	415 mm	103	3
1952	43.6 °C11 July 1952	0.9 °C20 January 1952	17.8 °C	458 mm	92	0
1951	42.3 °C13 June 1951	0.9 °C27 February 1951	17.7 °C	623 mm	74	0
1950	40.4 °C28 June 1950	1.3 °C20 January 1950	18.3 °C	375 mm	90	0
1949	40.7 °C24 August 1949	2.4 °C13 January 1949	18.6 °C	498 mm	75	0
1948	41.6 °C25 July 1948	2.6 °C18 January 1948	18.6 °C	342 mm	86	0
1947	41.7 °C31 July 1947	1.2 °C21 December 1947	18.6 °C	689 mm	72	0
1946	44.6 °C13 July 1946	2.1 °C23 December 1946	17.7 °C	423 mm	87	0
1945	44.1 °C22 July 1945	-0.2 °C7 January 1945	19.4 °C	337 mm	103	1
1944	43.9 °C31 July 1944	0.6 °C21 February 1944	18.3 °C	295 mm	77	0
1943	43.2 °C15 August 1943	0.8 °C1 January 1943	18.6 °C	522 mm	111	0
1942	45.4 °C16 July 1942	2.8 °C31 December 1942	18.2 °C	712 mm	90	0
1941	45.2 °C21 July 1941	-2.1 °C5 January 1941	18.2 °C	485 mm	109	5
1940	44.2 °C11 August 1940	-2.2 °C24 January 1940	17.8 °C	550 mm	96	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.3 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

123 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

572 mm

+68 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.6 °C	+2.9 °C	55 mm	-13 mm
Feb	20.2 °C	+2.1 °C	35 mm	-32 mm
Mar	19.8 °C	-0.7 °C	167 mm	+102 mm
Apr	24.5 °C	+2.0 °C	41 mm	-10 mm
May	29.0 °C	+2.9 °C	8 mm	-23 mm
Jun	33.7 °C	+3.7 °C	6 mm	-4 mm
Jul	34.1 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Aug	35.3 °C	+2.0 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+1.1 °C	5 mm	-10 mm
Oct	29.0 °C	+2.6 °C	7 mm	-40 mm
Nov	22.1 °C	+0.9 °C	70 mm	+1 mm
Dec	16.7 °C	-0.9 °C	173 mm	+96 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.2 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest day

3.4 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

43.2 mm

11 Mar 2025

Windiest day

25.7 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

73.4 km/h

13 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

30 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.4 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sidi Kacem?

Sidi Kacem has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 504 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sidi Kacem?

The hottest day measured in Sidi Kacem between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1995, reaching 46.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sidi Kacem?

The coldest day measured in Sidi Kacem between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2005, at -4.1 °C.

Does it snow in Sidi Kacem?

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

Has the climate of Sidi Kacem warmed?

Yes: Sidi Kacem warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sidi Kacem?

The wettest day measured in Sidi Kacem between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 2010, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sidi Kacem?

The windiest day measured in Sidi Kacem between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, with winds reaching 39.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sidi Kacem?

The warmest month in Sidi Kacem is August (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Sidi Kacem?

Sidi Kacem receives on average 504 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sidi Kacem?

Sidi Kacem gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sidi Kacem?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sidi Kacem between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1949, with 0.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Sidi Kacem?

Yes: Sidi Kacem has on average 45 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sidi Kacem?

In Sidi Kacem, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.1 °C on 10 July 2021, and the lowest was -7.7 °C on 28 January 2005.

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