Laayoune (El Aaiun) weather by month
The best time to visit Laayoune (El Aaiun) is January, March and December — 93/100 in March, 25°C and 1 rainy day. The best season is winter, December to February (91/100 on average).
The worst month is August at 71/100 — hot, dry, poor air quality. See August →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Western Sahara →
Best season: December to February (91/100 on average) · worst August (71/100)
- Days
- 25°C
- Nights
- 14°C
- Wet days
- 1
- Sun
- 11 h
- Humidity
- 66%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Laayoune, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Laayoune is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Laayoune through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Laayoune in March
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
BusyRamadan, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Laayoune
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters describe March as a genuinely good month for Morocco and its desert regions generally, including this part of Western Sahara - warm enough for short sleeves by day, with daytime temperatures commonly climbing past 20C by midday, but cooling off noticeably once evening arrives. Posters specifically flag conditions turning windy after around 6pm, a real feature worth packing a light jacket for even on a warm day. Posters describe Laayoune as a practical, flyable gateway for touring the wider region, often paired with Dakhla further south and a rental car for exploring beyond the city itself. Posters generally recommend layering - short sleeves and light trousers for the day, something warmer for the windy evening.
Detailed September-specific weather trip reports for Laayoune itself are limited on the forum, with related discussion of Morocco's desert regions describing late September as still hot, though the desert's dry air makes the heat feel more manageable than an equivalent humid-climate temperature. Posters discussing Morocco's September more broadly cite typical temperatures around 25-30C, though this varies considerably by region, with Laayoune's far-southern, coastal-desert setting on the disputed Western Sahara coast likely running warmer and drier than that broader Moroccan average. Given the limited destination-specific detail available, this note leans on that regional pattern: expect hot, very dry, sunny conditions typical of this stretch of the Sahara's Atlantic coast. Posters generally rate September as hot and dry for a Laayoune-area visit, the dry desert air a real mitigating factor against the heat.
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