Laayoune weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇭 Western Sahara · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Laayoune is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with May and June close behind. Laayoune averages about 3,339 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,339
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 145 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 21°C / 70°F
- Population
- 196k
- Elevation
- 66 m
When is the best time to visit Laayoune?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Laayoune is April, then May and June. The dullest month is October (93/100, 33 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Laayoune?
Laayoune is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,339 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 5 Sunshine Score points separate April from October. It is the less sunny of the two destinations tracked in Western Sahara. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 46% of the annual 145 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 96 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 16 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| February | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 17 mm | 6 | 19° / 66°F |
| March | 96 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 14 mm | 8 | 19° / 66°F |
| April | 98 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 7 mm | 9 | 21° / 70°F |
| May | 98 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 4 mm | 10 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 98 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 3 mm | 11 | 21° / 70°F |
| July | 98 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 3 mm | 10 | 20° / 68°F |
| August | 98 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 7 mm | 10 | 21° / 70°F |
| September | 97 | 31° / 88°F | 19° / 66°F | 8 mm | 9 | 21° / 70°F |
| October | 93 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 33 mm | 7 | 21° / 70°F |
| November | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 22 mm | 5 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 97 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 11 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Laayoune by month
The sea off Laayoune is warmest in April at around 21°C / 70°F, and coolest in January at 19°C / 66°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 6 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Fuerteventura Spain · 159 km · best in Apr · 2,979 h sun/yr
- Lanzarote Spain · 204 km · best in Apr · 2,979 h sun/yr
- Gran Canaria Spain · 231 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Tenerife Spain · 345 km · best in Jun · 2,933 h sun/yr
- Dakhla Western Sahara · 468 km · best in Jan · 3,691 h sun/yr
- La Palma Spain · 475 km · best in Jun · 3,075 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tan Tan Morocco · 249 km · 2,683 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- La Gomera Spain · 405 km · 3,075 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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