Ouarzazate weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇦 Morocco · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Ouarzazate is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with May and September close behind. Ouarzazate averages about 3,818 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 17 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,818
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 210 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 78k
- Elevation
- 1,139 m
When is the best time to visit Ouarzazate?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ouarzazate is April, then May and September. The dullest month is July (30/100, 7 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ouarzazate?
Ouarzazate is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,818 hours of sunshine a year. 67 Sunshine Score points separate April (97) from July (30), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 15 destinations in Morocco for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,356 hours. The year's 210 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 17 mm | 4 |
| February | 80 | 18° / 64°F | 4° / 39°F | 19 mm | 6 |
| March | 95 | 22° / 72°F | 6° / 43°F | 30 mm | 8 |
| April | 97 | 26° / 79°F | 10° / 50°F | 17 mm | 9 |
| May | 97 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 14 mm | 10 |
| June | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 18° / 64°F | 6 mm | 11 |
| July | 30 | 39° / 102°F | 23° / 73°F | 7 mm | 11 |
| August | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 22° / 72°F | 11 mm | 10 |
| September | 96 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 21 mm | 9 |
| October | 96 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 20 mm | 7 |
| November | 95 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 30 mm | 5 |
| December | 73 | 17° / 63°F | 4° / 39°F | 18 mm | 4 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Marrakesh Morocco · 130 km · best in May · 3,604 h sun/yr
- Agadir (Temsia) Morocco · 249 km · best in May · 3,598 h sun/yr
- Essaouira Morocco · 269 km · best in Jun · 3,614 h sun/yr
- Casablanca Morocco · 278 km · best in Jun · 3,196 h sun/yr
- Rabat Morocco · 346 km · best in Jun · 3,128 h sun/yr
- Fes Morocco · 378 km · best in Jun · 3,299 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Zagora Morocco · 125 km · 3,857 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Beni Mellal Morocco · 172 km · 3,466 h sun/yr · best in May
- Errachidia Morocco · 263 km · 3,758 h sun/yr · best in May
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