SeasonMapBest time to visit North Africa
The best time to visit North Africa is April, May, June and October, judged across 33 places; January is its weakest month.
Updated September 2026 · Africa · 33 places, each judged for what it is · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
North Africa month by month
| Month | Season | Why | Best places |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | good | barely a wet day · before the heat · 19°C highs | Aswan, Sharm El Sheikh, Laayoune |
| February | good | 3 wet days · before the heat · 20°C highs | Merzouga, Sharm El Sheikh, Luxor |
| March | good | 2 wet days · before the heat · 23°C highs | Sharm El Sheikh, Cairo, Marrakesh |
| April | in season | 2 wet days · before the heat · 25°C highs | Sharm El Sheikh, Alexandria, Marsa Alam |
| May | in season | barely a wet day · before the heat · 28°C highs | Algiers, Marsa Alam, Sharm El Sheikh |
| June | in season | sea warm enough · barely a wet day · 32°C highs | Djerba, Hammamet, Agadir |
| July | good | sea warm enough · barely a wet day · 36°C highs | Hammamet, Taghazout, Sousse |
| August | good | sea warm enough · barely a wet day · 34°C highs | Hammamet, Taghazout, Agadir |
| September | good | sea warm enough · barely a wet day · 32°C highs | Agadir, Sharm El Sheikh, Taghazout |
| October | in season | sea warm enough · 2 wet days · the heat has broken | Sharm El Sheikh, Dahab, El Gouna |
| November | good | 3 wet days · the heat has broken · 24°C highs | Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Marsa Alam |
| December | good | 3 wet days · the heat has broken · 20°C highs | Sharm El Sheikh, Marsa Alam, Aswan |
In season: one of the region's three best months, and good in its own right. Low season: one of its three worst, and well below its best. The reasons compare each month with the region's own year and name the seasons on the ground — monsoon, autumn colour, hurricanes — where most of its places share them.
All 33 places in North Africa
- AgadirMoroccoweather by month →
- AlexandriaEgyptweather by month →
- AlgiersAlgeriaweather by month →
- AswanEgyptweather by month →
- CairoEgyptweather by month →
- CasablancaMoroccoweather by month →
- ChefchaouenMoroccoweather by month →
- DahabEgyptweather by month →
- DakhlaWestern Saharaweather by month →
- DjerbaTunisiaweather by month →
- El GounaEgyptweather by month →
- El JadidaMoroccoweather by month →
- EssaouiraMoroccoweather by month →
- FesMoroccoweather by month →
- HammametTunisiaweather by month →
- HurghadaEgyptweather by month →
- ImlilMoroccoweather by month →
- LaayouneWestern Saharaweather by month →
- LuxorEgyptweather by month →
- MarrakeshMoroccoweather by month →
- Marsa AlamEgyptweather by month →
- MerzougaMoroccoweather by month →
- NuweibaEgyptweather by month →
- OuarzazateMoroccoweather by month →
- OukaïmedenMoroccoweather by month →
- RabatMoroccoweather by month →
- Sharm El SheikhEgyptweather by month →
- SiwaEgyptweather by month →
- SousseTunisiaweather by month →
- TaghazoutMoroccoweather by month →
- TangierMoroccoweather by month →
- TozeurTunisiaweather by month →
- TunisTunisiaweather by month →
North Africa — FAQ
- When is the best time to visit North Africa?
- April, May, June and October. In April: 2 wet days · before the heat · 25°C highs.
- When is the low season in North Africa?
- North Africa has no month that falls far below the rest of its year; January is the weakest (barely a wet day · before the heat · 19°C highs).
- Which months are in season in North Africa?
- April, May, June and October — the months among its best that are also good in their own right.