Essaouira climate

Essaouira Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Essaouira, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 18°C on January 1 to 18°C on January 31, and lows from 15°C to 14°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 32 mm over about 6 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 Essaouira, in °C, with the record for each date.0102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
18°C
Average low
14°C
Precipitation
32 mm
Record high
29°CJan 28, 1966
Record low
1°CJan 20, 1988
Daylight
10 h 09 min to 10 h 40 min
Cloud cover
37%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
11°C
Wind
19.4 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°C15°C23°C 20027°C 200516%
Jan 218°C15°C23°C 19678°C 198116%
Jan 318°C15°C24°C 20038°C 197317%
Jan 418°C15°C23°C 19966°C 198117%
Jan 518°C15°C25°C 20027°C 200516%
Jan 618°C15°C27°C 19996°C 202316%
Jan 718°C15°C23°C 19997°C 198116%
Jan 818°C15°C23°C 20116°C 196716%
Jan 918°C14°C24°C 19928°C 200918%
Jan 1018°C14°C24°C 19988°C 200518%
Jan 1118°C14°C24°C 19747°C 198319%
Jan 1218°C14°C24°C 20026°C 200919%
Jan 1318°C14°C26°C 19977°C 200320%
Jan 1418°C14°C27°C 20165°C 197819%
Jan 1518°C14°C21°C 19927°C 200319%
Jan 1618°C14°C21°C 19966°C 198519%
Jan 1718°C14°C22°C 19778°C 199319%
Jan 1818°C14°C25°C 19838°C 200319%
Jan 1918°C14°C23°C 19977°C 200619%
Jan 2018°C14°C21°C 19951°C 198820%
Jan 2118°C14°C23°C 19835°C 200920%
Jan 2218°C14°C21°C 20217°C 200420%
Jan 2318°C14°C21°C 19878°C 199420%
Jan 2418°C14°C24°C 19669°C 200518%
Jan 2518°C14°C25°C 19818°C 199419%
Jan 2618°C14°C21°C 19977°C 199419%
Jan 2718°C14°C21°C 20027°C 199419%
Jan 2818°C14°C29°C 19664°C 200519%
Jan 2918°C14°C24°C 19977°C 202319%
Jan 3018°C14°C23°C 19974°C 200519%
Jan 3118°C14°C24°C 20005°C 200520%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Essaouira, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 8:38 AM, sunset 6:47 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:33 AM, sunset 7:13 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station MOM00060220, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.