Fes weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇦 Morocco · city break · Mediterranean climate

The best time to visit Fes is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with September and May close behind. Fes averages about 3,299 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 9 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

3,299

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

97/100

Rain / year

714 mm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

1.2M

Elevation

576 m

When is the best time to visit Fes?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Fes is June, then September and May. The dullest month is January (47/100, 95 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Fes?

Fes is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,299 hours of sunshine a year. 50 Sunshine Score points separate June (97) from January (47), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #10 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 43% of the annual 714 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Rabat Morocco · 164 km · best in Jun · 3,128 h sun/yr
• Tétouan Morocco · 188 km · best in Jun · 3,005 h sun/yr
• Nador Morocco · 214 km · best in Jun · 3,343 h sun/yr
• Tangier Morocco · 218 km · best in Jun · 3,005 h sun/yr
• Melilla Spain · 238 km · best in Jun · 2,944 h sun/yr
• Gibraltar Gibraltar · 250 km · best in Jun · 3,134 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Beni Mellal Morocco · 210 km · 3,466 h sun/yr · best in May
• Errachidia Morocco · 227 km · 3,758 h sun/yr · best in May

Head-to-head

How Fes compares month by month: Fes vs Casablanca · Fes vs Rabat · Fes vs Tétouan · Fes vs Nador · all comparisons