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Marrakech in January

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Marrakech is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 37°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 20 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Marrakech is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
37°F3°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 17% of days
Daylight
10h 20mon average

Is January a good time to visit Marrakech?

A good month, just outside Marrakech's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or November.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 68°F in January, against 68°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in January, against 20°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

17% of days in January, against 1% to 23% through the year.

Cloud cover

37% cover in January, against 10% to 41% through the year.

Daylight

10h 20m in January, against 10h 07m to 14h 10m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December69°21°low 40°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January68°20°low 37°low 3°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February70°21°low 39°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Marrakech sits, in January

Africa/Casablanca
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:32 AMsets 6:49 PM
Above the sea
460 mlow-lying
Latitude
31.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Agafay Desert25 km south-west

The land around Marrakech, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Morocco in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Marrakech

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Marrakech. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.