Ouarzazate climate

Ouarzazate Weather in January

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Ouarzazate (GHCN MO000060265), 3 km from Ouarzazate

Average highs run from 18°C on January 1 to 18°C on January 31, and lows from to . Normal precipitation for the month is 19 mm over about 3 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ouarzazate, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
17°C
Precipitation
19 mm
Record high
27°CJan 13, 2010
Record low
-5°CJan 3, 1976
Daylight
10 h 11 min to 10 h 42 min
Cloud cover
42%
Humidity
51%
Dew point
-4°C
Wind
11.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 118°C26°C 1996-3°C 197612%
Jan 218°C25°C 1996-5°C 201711%
Jan 319°C25°C 1996-5°C 197612%
Jan 418°C24°C 2016-3°C 198312%
Jan 518°C24°C 2001-3°C 198312%
Jan 617°C23°C 1996-2°C 198312%
Jan 716°C24°C 1996-2°C 197512%
Jan 816°C22°C 1996-2°C 197512%
Jan 916°C21°C 1986-3°C 198912%
Jan 1017°C22°C 1997-3°C 201913%
Jan 1116°C23°C 2024-1°C 201313%
Jan 1223°C 2025-2°C 197614%
Jan 1318°C27°C 2010-3°C 198115%
Jan 1418°C23°C 2010-1°C 198314%
Jan 1517°C25°C 2016-3°C 198314%
Jan 1618°C23°C 2016-3°C 198114%
Jan 1717°C24°C 2010-3°C 200314%
Jan 1818°C25°C 20100°C 201914%
Jan 1917°C23°C 2001-1°C 197614%
Jan 2017°C24°C 1966-1°C 198015%
Jan 2117°C25°C 1966-4°C 201715%
Jan 2217°C25°C 1966-3°C 201216%
Jan 2318°C23°C 1998-4°C 201216%
Jan 2418°C25°C 2009-1°C 197516%
Jan 2517°C26°C 1966-2°C 201716%
Jan 2618°C26°C 20020°C 199117%
Jan 2718°C25°C 2025-5°C 197617%
Jan 2818°C25°C 2004-1°C 198317%
Jan 2919°C26°C 1966-5°C 197618%
Jan 3017°C25°C 1988-3°C 197618%
Jan 3118°C24°C 2015-2°C 200618%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ouarzazate, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

January 1
sunrise 8:26 AM, sunset 6:37 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:20 AM, sunset 7:02 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station MO000060265, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.