Climate
Rabat features a Mediterranean climate with Köppen climate classification of Csa. Located along the Atlantic Ocean, Rabat has a mild, temperate climate, shifting from cool in winter to warm days in the summer months. The nights are always cool (or colder in winter, it can reach only 0 °C (32 °F) sometimes ), with daytime temperatures generally rising about +9/10 C° (+15/18 F°). The winter highs typically reach only 17.2 °C (63.0 °F) in December–January.
| Climate data for Rabat | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 17.2 (63) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.0 (68) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
22.02 (71.65) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.2 (54) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.17 (62.91) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.2 (45) |
7.8 (46) |
9.2 (48.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
11.1 (52) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.38 (54.31) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 77.2 (3.039) |
74.1 (2.917) |
60.9 (2.398) |
62.0 (2.441) |
25.3 (0.996) |
6.7 (0.264) |
0.5 (0.02) |
1.3 (0.051) |
5.7 (0.224) |
43.6 (1.717) |
96.7 (3.807) |
100.9 (3.972) |
554.9 (21.846) |
| Avg. rainy days | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 6.4 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 75.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 179.8 | 183.6 | 232.5 | 255.0 | 291.4 | 288.0 | 316.2 | 306.9 | 261.0 | 235.6 | 189.0 | 179.8 | 2,918.8 |
| Source #1: HKO | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: BBC Weather (records) | |||||||||||||
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