Climate
Agadir features a subtropical-semiarid climate with warm summers and mild winters. Located along the Atlantic Ocean, Agadir has a very temperate climate. The daytime temperature generally stays in the 20s °C (70s °F) every day, with the winter highs typically reaching 20.7°C (70°F) in December–January (see weather-table below). The annual temperatures are very similar to Nairobi, Kenya, but with much less rainfall -about 10 inches annually- and the mid-year nights are less chilly than the Kenyan Capital.
| Climate data for Agadir | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
15.2 (59.4) |
12.3 (54.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 45.5 (1.791) |
42.4 (1.669) |
31.1 (1.224) |
25.9 (1.02) |
3.5 (0.138) |
1.1 (0.043) |
0.1 (0.004) |
0.2 (0.008) |
3.0 (0.118) |
25.8 (1.016) |
52.6 (2.071) |
60.7 (2.39) |
291.9 (11.492) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 39.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 229.4 | 232.0 | 269.7 | 282.0 | 294.5 | 270.0 | 269.7 | 254.2 | 243.0 | 244.9 | 219.0 | 229.4 | 3,037.8 |
| Source: Hong Kong Observatory | |||||||||||||
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