Zagora weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇦 Morocco · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Zagora is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with April and March close behind. Zagora averages about 3,857 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,857
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 81 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 44k
- Elevation
- 729 m
When is the best time to visit Zagora?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Zagora is February, then April and March. The dullest month is July (0/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Zagora?
Zagora is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,857 hours of sunshine a year. 99 Sunshine Score points separate February (99) from July (0), so the month you pick matters. Zagora is the sunniest of the 15 destinations tracked in Morocco. Rain is a non-event in Zagora — about 81 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 91 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 6 mm | 4 |
| February | 99 | 21° / 70°F | 6° / 43°F | 6 mm | 5 |
| March | 98 | 26° / 79°F | 10° / 50°F | 11 mm | 7 |
| April | 99 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 5 mm | 9 |
| May | 79 | 34° / 93°F | 18° / 64°F | 5 mm | 10 |
| June | 30 | 39° / 102°F | 23° / 73°F | 2 mm | 10 |
| July | 0 | 43° / 109°F | 27° / 81°F | 2 mm | 10 |
| August | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 27° / 81°F | 4 mm | 10 |
| September | 59 | 36° / 97°F | 22° / 72°F | 11 mm | 8 |
| October | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 12 mm | 6 |
| November | 98 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 11 mm | 4 |
| December | 91 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 6 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Marrakesh Morocco · 255 km · best in May · 3,604 h sun/yr
- Agadir (Temsia) Morocco · 341 km · best in May · 3,598 h sun/yr
- Casablanca Morocco · 382 km · best in Jun · 3,196 h sun/yr
- Essaouira Morocco · 386 km · best in Jun · 3,614 h sun/yr
- Fes Morocco · 416 km · best in Jun · 3,299 h sun/yr
- Rabat Morocco · 429 km · best in Jun · 3,128 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ouarzazate Morocco · 125 km · 3,818 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Errachidia Morocco · 233 km · 3,758 h sun/yr · best in May
- Beni Mellal Morocco · 241 km · 3,466 h sun/yr · best in May
- Tindouf Algeria · 363 km · 3,817 h sun/yr · best in Apr
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