Tinghir climate — normals and trends
Tinghir (Morocco) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 146 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 (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Tinghir averages 32 frost days, 83 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 28 rainy days per year.
Tinghir has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 52 to 12 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 12 July 2024) and the coldest -12.3 °C (on 9 January 1965).
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
TinghirDrâa-Tafilalet
- coords
- 31.51°, -5.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
22.1°C
Average daily low
9.9°C
Annual rainfall
146mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
38%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
21.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
83 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
28 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.4 cm
Average feels-like high
19.1 °C
Average feels-like low
6.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
37 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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
38.7 °C
12 July 2024
Coldest day
-12.3 °C
9 January 1965
Wettest day
60 mm
28 November 1972
Windiest day
49.4 km/h
10 April 2008
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
10 April 2008
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
23 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-17.0 °C
9 January 1965
Snowiest day
27.8 cm
29 January 2018
Sunniest day
13.4 h
8 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 15.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 9 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 18.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 16 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 21.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 56 mm | +41 mm |
| May | 26.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 5 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 31.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 4 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 35.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 33.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 29.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 13 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 25.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 0 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 20.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 2 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 11.0 °C | -1.9 °C | 63 mm | +50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tinghir?
Tinghir has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 146 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tinghir?
The hottest day measured in Tinghir between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2024, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tinghir?
The coldest day measured in Tinghir between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1965, at -12.3 °C.
Does it snow in Tinghir?
Yes. Tinghir gets on average 9.4 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Tinghir warmed?
Yes: Tinghir warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tinghir?
The wettest day measured in Tinghir between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1972, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tinghir?
The windiest day measured in Tinghir between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 2008, with winds reaching 49.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tinghir?
The warmest month in Tinghir is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Tinghir?
Tinghir receives on average 146 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 28 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tinghir?
Tinghir gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tinghir?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tinghir between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2018, with 27.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tinghir?
Yes: Tinghir has on average 37 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tinghir?
In Tinghir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 23 July 2024, and the lowest was -17.0 °C on 9 January 1965.
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