Rabat weather by month

The best time to visit Rabat is April to June — 94/100 in May, 26°C and 4 rainy days. The best season is spring, March to May (91/100 on average).

The worst month is December at 83/100 — nice, a little rain, clean air. See December →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Morocco →

Rabat🇲🇦 Morocco · Morocco's Atlantic Coast · City94
  1. 83Jan
  2. 86Feb
  3. 87Mar
  4. 93Apr
  5. 94May
  6. 92Jun
  7. 88Jul
  8. 85Aug
  9. 89Sep
  10. 90Oct
  11. 89Nov
  12. 83Dec

Best season: March to May (91/100 on average) · worst December (83/100)

Days
26°C
Nights
12°C
Wet days
4
Sun
12.3 h
Humidity
73%
Daylight
14 h
Rabat, Morocco
Photo: MAG Photography · Pexels

Rabat, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Rabat 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.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan83A19°C6 d9 hPeak2
Feb86A20°C6 d9 hBusy2
Mar87A21°C9 d10 hPeak2
Apr93S23°C6 d11 hBusy—
May94S26°C4 d12 hPeak1
Jun92S27°C1 d13 hPeak2
Jul88A29°C0 d13 hPeak2
Aug85A30°C0 d12 hPeak1
Sep89A28°C2 d11 hBusy—
Oct90S27°C5 d10 hBusy—
Nov89A23°C7 d9 hBusy2
Dec83A20°C8 d8 hBusy1

What's on in Rabat through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

January
  • Ramadan25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Holiday
May
  • Eid al-Adha (Eid Kbir)1 May – 5 Jun (usually)Holiday
June
  • Mawazine15–30 Jun (usually)Festival
July
  • Throne Day29–31 JulHoliday
  • Moroccan summer1 Jul – 31 AugSeason
November
  • Green March anniversary4–8 NovHoliday
  • Atlantic winter storms15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Season

Everything on in Rabat through the year →

Crowds in Rabat in May

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.

Peak crowdsEid al-Adha (Eid Kbir), Fourth interim break (May) in Morocco, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet

Good to know before you go to Rabat

Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.

Visas & entry

Arriving at the Kasbah of the Udayas early meant we had the white-and-blue walls almost to ourselves, gold morning light on the stone and shopkeepers just starting to open up. The medina here felt noticeably calmer and easier to navigate than Marrakech's, especially wandering down Rue des Consuls for spices and brassware without the constant hassle. We used the city tram to hop between the medina, the Kasbah, and the Hassan district for just a few dirhams a ride, which beat waiting for taxis. One tip that saved us a fall: the polished stone near the mosques gets slick after the nightly hose-down, so rubber-soled shoes were the right call.
Youssef B. · Read the original ↗

Traveller notes on Rabat

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Forum posters describe Rabat's climate as consistent through the year, with summers described as far from scorching and rain concentrated mainly October through March - meaning May should sit comfortably in the drier, milder half of the year. Posters discussing Morocco more broadly in May describe conditions as generally neither too hot nor too cold, though a late-May heatwave is a real possibility some years, with one recent traveler specifically encountering an early heatwave with hot, dry days throughout an end-of-May Morocco trip that included Rabat. Posters generally recommend May as a reasonably safe bet for Rabat specifically, while flagging that an unusually early heatwave can still happen given the country's real year-to-year variability.
Tripadvisor community · May · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters describe Rabat's winter weather as considerably milder than the UK or continental Europe, with daytime temperatures holding fairly steady around 15C, though evenings turn genuinely cold and rainy enough to warrant thick socks, a heavy jacket and a sweater. Posters specifically flag that many Rabat apartments lack central heating, recommending a portable heater or similar arrangement for indoor comfort. Posters discussing Morocco's wider November pattern describe it as a changeable month - historically one of the wettest of the year - but note that whenever the sun does appear, midday and early afternoon still turn genuinely pleasant despite the cold-country-hot-sun character of a Moroccan winter. Posters generally rate November as mild by day, cold and often wet by evening for Rabat, indoor heating arrangements worth sorting out in advance.
Tripadvisor community · November · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

Add your own note from Rabat's card on the map.