Zawyat ech Cheïkh climate — normals and trends
Zawyat ech Cheïkh (Morocco) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 498 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 (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Zawyat ech Cheïkh averages 7 frost days, 111 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.
Zawyat ech Cheïkh has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 13 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.1 °C (on 10 July 2021) and the coldest -9.1 °C (on 14 December 1967).
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
Zawyat ech CheïkhBeni Mellal-Khenifra
- coords
- 32.64°, -5.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
24.6°C
Average daily low
11.2°C
Annual rainfall
498mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
19.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
111 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
63 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.6 cm
Average feels-like high
23.6 °C
Average feels-like low
9.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
40 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °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
45.1 °C
10 July 2021
Coldest day
-9.1 °C
14 December 1967
Wettest day
63 mm
18 December 1963
Windiest day
40.3 km/h
15 December 1975
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
15 December 1975
Hottest feels-like
44.8 °C
23 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-13.5 °C
14 December 1967
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
1 February 1954
Sunniest day
13.5 h
12 June 1957
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 47 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 18.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 33 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 17.7 °C | -1.7 °C | 135 mm | +64 mm |
| Apr | 24.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 62 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 28.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 8 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 36.4 °C | +5.7 °C | 10 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 38.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 38.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 5 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 33.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 8 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 30.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 3 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 22.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 50 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 13.8 °C | -2.5 °C | 181 mm | +111 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
Zawyat ech Cheïkh has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 498 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
The hottest day measured in Zawyat ech Cheïkh between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2021, reaching 45.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
The coldest day measured in Zawyat ech Cheïkh between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1967, at -9.1 °C.
Does it snow in Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
Yes. Zawyat ech Cheïkh gets on average 4.6 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.
Has the climate of Zawyat ech Cheïkh warmed?
Yes: Zawyat ech Cheïkh warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
The wettest day measured in Zawyat ech Cheïkh between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1963, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
The windiest day measured in Zawyat ech Cheïkh between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1975, with winds reaching 40.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
The warmest month in Zawyat ech Cheïkh is July (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
Zawyat ech Cheïkh receives on average 498 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
Zawyat ech Cheïkh 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 Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zawyat ech Cheïkh between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1954, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
Yes: Zawyat ech Cheïkh has on average 40 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zawyat ech Cheïkh?
In Zawyat ech Cheïkh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 23 July 1995, and the lowest was -13.5 °C on 14 December 1967.
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