Tahla climate — normals and trends
Tahla (Morocco) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 632 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Tahla averages 2 frost days, 82 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Tahla has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.7 °C (on 17 July 2023) and the coldest -7.1 °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
TahlaFes-Meknes
- coords
- 34.05°, -4.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
22.9°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
632mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
17.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
82 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.7 cm
Average feels-like high
22.6 °C
Average feels-like low
10.3 °C
Average peak gust
31.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
33 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
44.7 °C
17 July 2023
Coldest day
-7.1 °C
28 January 1976
Wettest day
70 mm
6 November 1962
Windiest day
35.0 km/h
28 February 1946
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
19 January 2013
Hottest feels-like
44.9 °C
17 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-10.9 °C
28 January 1976
Snowiest day
15.7 cm
13 December 1949
Sunniest day
13.9 h
19 June 1949
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 62 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 17.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 62 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 17.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 166 mm | +81 mm |
| Apr | 21.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 106 mm | +27 mm |
| May | 25.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 22 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 33.8 °C | +5.4 °C | 7 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 35.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 36.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 8 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 32.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 12 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 28.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 10 mm | -45 mm |
| Nov | 20.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 60 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 14.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 193 mm | +109 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tahla?
Tahla has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 632 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tahla?
The hottest day measured in Tahla between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2023, reaching 44.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tahla?
The coldest day measured in Tahla between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1976, at -7.1 °C.
Does it snow in Tahla?
Yes. Tahla gets on average 2.7 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Tahla warmed?
Yes: Tahla warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tahla?
The wettest day measured in Tahla between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 1962, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tahla?
The windiest day measured in Tahla between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1946, with winds reaching 35.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tahla?
The warmest month in Tahla is August (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Tahla?
Tahla receives on average 632 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tahla?
Tahla gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tahla?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tahla between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1949, with 15.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tahla?
Yes: Tahla has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tahla?
In Tahla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 17 July 2023, and the lowest was -10.9 °C on 28 January 1976.
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