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Rabat in December

Mild and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Rabat is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 55 minutes.December in Rabat is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 55 minutes.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 28% of days
Daylight
9h 55mon average

Is December a good time to visit Rabat?

A good month, just outside Rabat's best months, which run in two parts: March to May, or October to 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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 68°F in December, against 66°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in December, against 19°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

28% of days in December, against 1% to 28% through the year.

Cloud cover

45% cover in December, against 9% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

9h 55m in December, against 9h 55m to 14h 23m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November74°23°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December68°20°low 51°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January66°19°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Rabat sits, in December

Africa/Casablanca
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:25 AMsets 5:20 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
34.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Casablanca86 km south-west

The land around Rabat, shaded by its typical high in December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Rabat

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Rabat. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (65 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (65 m). 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.