What's on in Agadir, Morocco through the year

Peak crowds — Ramadan, Atlantic swell season

• Holiday

  Ramadan

  25 Jan – 25 Mar · usuallyClosures

  The corniche cafés and most beach restaurants stay shut through daylight and reopen after the call to prayer. Resort hotels feed guests as usual, so the fast mostly changes the town rather than the tourist strip. Source ↗

Still on: Atlantic swell season (1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)), The northern winter season (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Peak crowds — Ramadan, Atlantic swell season

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Ramadan (25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)), Atlantic swell season (1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)), The northern winter season (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Peak crowds — Ramadan, Atlantic swell season

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Ramadan (25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)), Atlantic swell season (1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)), The northern winter season (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — The northern winter season, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: The northern winter season (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — Fourth interim break (May) in Morocco, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in May.

Peak crowds — Festival Timitar, Summer holidays in Morocco

• Nature

  Argan harvest in the Souss

  15 Jun – 31 Aug · usually

  The fruit drops in the groves inland and the women's cooperatives on the Taroudant road are at full tilt cracking nuts by hand. Worth the detour if you want to see where the oil actually comes from. Source ↗

• Festival

  Festival Timitar

  25 Jun – 31 Jul · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  Agadir's Amazigh and world-music festival takes over Al Amal square and the open-air theatre for several nights, free to walk into. The town fills and the seafront traffic seizes up on the big evenings. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Festival Timitar, Throne Day

• Holiday

  Throne Day

  29–31 JulNational holidayCrowdedClosures

  The 30th of July is the biggest civic holiday of the Moroccan year: offices and banks shut, and Moroccan families take the coast road to Agadir for the long weekend on top of the foreign season. Source ↗

Still on: Argan harvest in the Souss (15 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)), Festival Timitar (25 Jun – 31 Jul (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Morocco, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Argan harvest in the Souss (15 Jun – 31 Aug (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Morocco, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Peak crowds — Atlantic swell season, The northern winter season

• Season

  Atlantic swell season

  1 Oct – 31 Mar · usuallySurf seasonCrowded

  The North Atlantic lows start firing and the points north of town at Taghazout and Anza work properly. Summer is the flat, beginner half of the year; this is when the surf camps fill with people who can already stand up. Source ↗

• Season

  The northern winter season

  15 Oct – 15 Apr · usuallyWinter-sun seasonCrowdedBook early

  Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels. Book the sea-facing rooms months out and expect the promenade busy from breakfast. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Atlantic swell season, The northern winter season

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Atlantic swell season (1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)), The northern winter season (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Peak crowds — Atlantic swell season, The northern winter season

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Atlantic swell season (1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)), The northern winter season (15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))