Sidi Yahia El Gharb climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

Sidi Yahia El Gharb has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 473 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

The hottest day measured in Sidi Yahia El Gharb between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1941, reaching 46.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

The coldest day measured in Sidi Yahia El Gharb between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2005, at -4.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sidi Yahia El Gharb warmed?

Yes: Sidi Yahia El Gharb warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

The wettest day measured in Sidi Yahia El Gharb between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 2010, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

The windiest day measured in Sidi Yahia El Gharb between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1958, with winds reaching 40.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

The warmest month in Sidi Yahia El Gharb is August (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

Sidi Yahia El Gharb receives on average 473 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

Sidi Yahia El Gharb gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sidi Yahia El Gharb (Morocco) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 473 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 (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Sidi Yahia El Gharb averages 0 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 67 rainy days per year.

Sidi Yahia El Gharb has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.2 °C (on 21 July 1941) and the coldest -4.8 °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 Yahia El GharbRabat-Salé-Kénitra

coords: 34.30°, -6.30°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.1°C

Average daily high

24.0°C

Average daily low

13.1°C

Annual rainfall

473mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

12.7km/h

Seasonal range

12.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

66 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

67 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.5 °C

Average feels-like low

12.7 °C

Average peak gust

31.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

26 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °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

46.2 °C

21 July 1941

Coldest day

-4.8 °C

28 January 2005

Wettest day

71 mm

11 October 2010

Windiest day

40.5 km/h

22 December 1958

Strongest gust

106.9 km/h

6 November 1997

Hottest feels-like

49.0 °C

10 July 2021

Coldest feels-like

-8.5 °C

28 January 2005

Sunniest day

13.8 h

17 June 2004

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.5 °C29 June 2025	3.4 °C16 January 2025	19.2 °C	537 mm	92	0
2024	40.9 °C24 July 2024	2.6 °C10 December 2024	19.2 °C	376 mm	77	0
2023	43.5 °C26 June 2023	0.7 °C29 January 2023	19.3 °C	229 mm	92	0
2022	41.7 °C20 May 2022	2.2 °C20 January 2022	19.3 °C	341 mm	82	0
2021	44.4 °C10 July 2021	1.1 °C13 January 2021	18.3 °C	413 mm	60	0
2020	41.8 °C7 July 2020	2.1 °C31 December 2020	19.0 °C	296 mm	79	0
2019	39.1 °C12 May 2019	0.5 °C4 February 2019	18.3 °C	291 mm	65	0
2018	42.9 °C2 August 2018	1.5 °C28 January 2018	18.0 °C	646 mm	59	0
2017	42.8 °C20 May 2017	0.5 °C16 January 2017	19.6 °C	271 mm	112	0
2016	42.0 °C25 July 2016	3.3 °C12 March 2016	19.4 °C	380 mm	99	0
2015	43.0 °C13 May 2015	2.4 °C8 February 2015	19.1 °C	290 mm	87	0
2014	40.9 °C14 May 2014	2.1 °C8 December 2014	18.7 °C	446 mm	76	0
2013	42.6 °C11 August 2013	0.7 °C8 February 2013	18.3 °C	438 mm	72	0
2012	43.8 °C17 July 2012	-2.0 °C5 February 2012	18.3 °C	452 mm	83	5
2011	43.9 °C25 June 2011	0.2 °C3 March 2011	18.9 °C	508 mm	108	0
2010	46.2 °C26 August 2010	3.3 °C14 March 2010	19.2 °C	794 mm	82	0
2009	44.5 °C20 July 2009	1.1 °C11 January 2009	19.0 °C	568 mm	100	0
2008	39.8 °C1 July 2008	2.3 °C24 March 2008	18.1 °C	498 mm	66	0
2007	39.0 °C30 July 2007	1.3 °C28 January 2007	18.2 °C	351 mm	65	0
2006	43.7 °C10 July 2006	1.8 °C9 January 2006	18.9 °C	414 mm	90	0
2005	43.5 °C20 July 2005	-4.8 °C28 January 2005	18.5 °C	247 mm	91	2
2004	44.6 °C29 June 2004	0.8 °C20 January 2004	18.7 °C	326 mm	95	0
2003	43.6 °C31 July 2003	0.5 °C2 February 2003	19.1 °C	495 mm	84	0
2002	37.0 °C17 July 2002	3.2 °C7 December 2002	18.5 °C	474 mm	49	0
2001	40.5 °C27 May 2001	1.8 °C16 November 2001	18.9 °C	291 mm	68	0
2000	45.7 °C31 July 2000	2.1 °C11 January 2000	18.4 °C	466 mm	70	0
1999	37.7 °C7 July 1999	1.9 °C18 December 1999	18.0 °C	372 mm	57	0
1998	42.2 °C18 June 1998	1.1 °C1 December 1998	18.5 °C	306 mm	57	0
1997	36.6 °C1 May 1997	3.4 °C28 December 1997	19.0 °C	547 mm	47	0
1996	39.8 °C28 June 1996	-0.1 °C23 February 1996	18.5 °C	935 mm	66	1
1995	46.1 °C23 July 1995	0.2 °C9 January 1995	19.1 °C	317 mm	66	0
1994	39.3 °C10 July 1994	-0.2 °C26 December 1994	18.0 °C	317 mm	66	1
1993	38.4 °C22 July 1993	2.5 °C27 January 1993	17.2 °C	415 mm	40	0
1992	39.1 °C15 September 1992	-0.2 °C25 January 1992	17.8 °C	286 mm	47	1
1991	41.7 °C13 July 1991	1.1 °C14 January 1991	17.6 °C	443 mm	65	0
1990	42.1 °C3 August 1990	3.3 °C12 January 1990	18.5 °C	473 mm	61	0
1989	42.9 °C21 July 1989	1.8 °C4 January 1989	18.9 °C	563 mm	80	0
1988	44.5 °C1 August 1988	2.8 °C31 December 1988	18.2 °C	387 mm	72	0
1987	41.3 °C27 July 1987	0.9 °C17 January 1987	18.7 °C	507 mm	58	0
1986	38.3 °C21 August 1986	-0.5 °C25 December 1986	17.8 °C	452 mm	61	1
1985	41.4 °C23 July 1985	-1.0 °C1 January 1985	18.3 °C	411 mm	67	1
1984	41.5 °C28 July 1984	1.2 °C30 December 1984	17.6 °C	437 mm	59	0
1983	39.8 °C15 June 1983	2.2 °C3 January 1983	18.3 °C	405 mm	58	0
1982	44.3 °C1 July 1982	3.1 °C16 December 1982	17.8 °C	464 mm	48	0
1981	40.5 °C12 June 1981	0.4 °C15 January 1981	18.4 °C	231 mm	68	0
1980	44.3 °C22 July 1980	-0.7 °C2 December 1980	18.0 °C	472 mm	71	2
1979	40.1 °C28 July 1979	2.7 °C4 March 1979	17.5 °C	509 mm	44	0
1978	40.6 °C23 July 1978	3.5 °C15 January 1978	18.0 °C	482 mm	67	0
1977	36.8 °C12 September 1977	2.5 °C8 January 1977	17.4 °C	540 mm	29	0
1976	40.0 °C14 August 1976	-0.9 °C28 January 1976	17.2 °C	706 mm	43	2
1975	40.3 °C29 July 1975	2.7 °C8 January 1975	17.2 °C	491 mm	44	0
1974	41.9 °C16 August 1974	2.1 °C5 March 1974	17.1 °C	481 mm	53	0
1973	39.5 °C14 August 1973	2.6 °C4 February 1973	17.6 °C	466 mm	56	0
1972	36.9 °C12 July 1972	1.2 °C25 January 1972	16.5 °C	705 mm	18	0
1971	39.7 °C29 July 1971	1.4 °C2 January 1971	17.3 °C	728 mm	53	0
1970	40.5 °C4 September 1970	2.0 °C28 February 1970	18.2 °C	590 mm	69	0
1969	41.1 °C12 July 1969	2.3 °C6 December 1969	18.1 °C	816 mm	56	0
1968	41.1 °C29 June 1968	2.4 °C12 January 1968	17.9 °C	630 mm	66	0
1967	43.8 °C19 July 1967	1.8 °C8 January 1967	17.7 °C	512 mm	55	0
1966	41.0 °C27 June 1966	2.9 °C5 March 1966	17.7 °C	384 mm	61	0
1965	40.5 °C5 August 1965	0.6 °C6 January 1965	17.6 °C	539 mm	46	0
1964	40.3 °C15 July 1964	1.2 °C31 December 1964	17.6 °C	463 mm	95	0
1963	37.5 °C27 September 1963	1.7 °C25 December 1963	17.6 °C	681 mm	57	0
1962	41.2 °C13 August 1962	1.4 °C3 February 1962	17.8 °C	597 mm	76	0
1961	42.4 °C27 August 1961	2.3 °C13 January 1961	18.5 °C	437 mm	68	0
1960	39.0 °C13 September 1960	1.6 °C9 February 1960	17.6 °C	754 mm	47	0
1959	38.8 °C16 August 1959	3.6 °C5 December 1959	17.4 °C	462 mm	33	0
1958	39.5 °C31 July 1958	2.2 °C28 February 1958	18.0 °C	365 mm	48	0
1957	40.7 °C1 August 1957	1.2 °C21 January 1957	17.4 °C	568 mm	58	0
1956	39.0 °C1 August 1956	1.1 °C13 February 1956	16.9 °C	657 mm	57	0
1955	42.0 °C23 June 1955	4.0 °C11 March 1955	19.0 °C	685 mm	80	0
1954	43.0 °C24 July 1954	-1.2 °C9 January 1954	17.4 °C	434 mm	73	1
1953	44.3 °C20 July 1953	-0.8 °C10 January 1953	18.0 °C	408 mm	82	2
1952	43.8 °C10 July 1952	1.3 °C9 December 1952	17.4 °C	467 mm	51	0
1951	42.1 °C13 June 1951	1.8 °C1 January 1951	17.2 °C	589 mm	42	0
1950	40.4 °C28 June 1950	2.3 °C20 January 1950	17.7 °C	326 mm	61	0
1949	40.5 °C24 August 1949	2.3 °C13 January 1949	17.9 °C	459 mm	55	0
1948	41.2 °C25 June 1948	3.6 °C22 January 1948	17.8 °C	325 mm	54	0
1947	40.3 °C31 July 1947	1.5 °C21 December 1947	18.0 °C	679 mm	36	0
1946	44.3 °C13 July 1946	2.4 °C23 December 1946	17.3 °C	420 mm	66	0
1945	44.9 °C22 July 1945	0.3 °C7 January 1945	18.6 °C	306 mm	58	0
1944	43.4 °C31 July 1944	1.4 °C21 February 1944	17.7 °C	305 mm	58	0
1943	40.9 °C16 August 1943	0.6 °C1 January 1943	18.0 °C	430 mm	82	0
1942	43.5 °C17 July 1942	3.2 °C4 January 1942	17.6 °C	666 mm	59	0
1941	46.2 °C21 July 1941	-1.8 °C5 January 1941	17.8 °C	450 mm	91	4
1940	43.1 °C11 August 1940	-1.9 °C24 January 1940	17.3 °C	536 mm	80	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.5 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

92 d/yr

+26

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

537 mm

+64 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.0 °C	+3.1 °C	41 mm	-22 mm
Feb	20.6 °C	+2.3 °C	29 mm	-33 mm
Mar	19.9 °C	-0.6 °C	165 mm	+103 mm
Apr	24.2 °C	+2.0 °C	48 mm	+1 mm
May	27.3 °C	+2.2 °C	13 mm	-15 mm
Jun	31.7 °C	+3.5 °C	1 mm	-7 mm
Jul	31.8 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	33.5 °C	+2.2 °C	6 mm	+4 mm
Sep	30.0 °C	+0.9 °C	4 mm	-11 mm
Oct	27.7 °C	+2.0 °C	6 mm	-40 mm
Nov	21.9 °C	+0.8 °C	66 mm	-1 mm
Dec	17.1 °C	-0.7 °C	158 mm	+85 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.5 °C

29 Jun 2025

Coldest day

3.4 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

33.2 mm

11 Mar 2025

Windiest day

26.3 km/h

18 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

72.7 km/h

13 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

29 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.6 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.6 h

20 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

Sidi Yahia El Gharb has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 473 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

The hottest day measured in Sidi Yahia El Gharb between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1941, reaching 46.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

The coldest day measured in Sidi Yahia El Gharb between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2005, at -4.8 °C.

Does it snow in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

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

Has the climate of Sidi Yahia El Gharb warmed?

Yes: Sidi Yahia El Gharb warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

The wettest day measured in Sidi Yahia El Gharb between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 2010, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

The windiest day measured in Sidi Yahia El Gharb between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1958, with winds reaching 40.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

The warmest month in Sidi Yahia El Gharb is August (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

Sidi Yahia El Gharb receives on average 473 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

Sidi Yahia El Gharb gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

Yes: Sidi Yahia El Gharb has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sidi Yahia El Gharb?

In Sidi Yahia El Gharb, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.0 °C on 10 July 2021, and the lowest was -8.5 °C on 28 January 2005.

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