Rabat weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇦 Morocco · coastal city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Rabat is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with July and August close behind. Rabat averages about 3,128 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,128
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 490 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 24°C / 75°F
- Population
- 1.7M
- Elevation
- 73 m
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When is the best time to visit Rabat?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Rabat is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (64/100, 66 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Rabat?
Rabat is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,128 hours of sunshine a year. June (97/100) is noticeably better than January (64). It ranks #12 of 15 destinations in Morocco for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,356 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around December, carries about 47% of the annual 490 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64 | 17° / 63°F | 11° / 52°F | 66 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| February | 66 | 17° / 63°F | 11° / 52°F | 52 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| March | 80 | 19° / 66°F | 12° / 54°F | 55 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| April | 91 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 38 mm | 7 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 94 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 19 mm | 8 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 97 | 26° / 79°F | 18° / 64°F | 3 mm | 9 | 22° / 72°F |
| July | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 2 mm | 10 | 23° / 73°F |
| August | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 2 mm | 9 | 24° / 75°F |
| September | 92 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 33 mm | 7 | 23° / 73°F |
| October | 88 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 55 mm | 5 | 22° / 72°F |
| November | 80 | 20° / 68°F | 15° / 59°F | 98 mm | 3 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 71 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 67 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Rabat by month
The sea off Rabat is warmest in August at around 24°C / 75°F, and coolest in January at 18°C / 64°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
- Casablanca Morocco · 109 km · best in Jun · 3,196 h sun/yr
- Fes Morocco · 164 km · best in Jun · 3,299 h sun/yr
- Tangier Morocco · 202 km · best in Jun · 3,005 h sun/yr
- Tétouan Morocco · 216 km · best in Jun · 3,005 h sun/yr
- Gibraltar Gibraltar · 266 km · best in Jun · 3,134 h sun/yr
- Marrakesh Morocco · 297 km · best in May · 3,604 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Beni Mellal Morocco · 188 km · 3,466 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Rabat compares month by month: Rabat vs Casablanca · Rabat vs Fes · Rabat vs Tangier · all comparisons
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