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Rabat in January

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Rabat is mild: highs near 66°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Rabat is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
66°F19°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 25% of days
Daylight
10h 10mon average

Is January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

25% of days in January, against 1% to 28% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in January, against 9% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

10h 10m in January, against 9h 55m to 14h 23m 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. December68°20°low 51°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January66°19°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February67°19°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Rabat sits, in January

Africa/Casablanca
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:32 AMsets 6:40 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 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 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.