Best time to visit Essaouira
Morocco · Africa
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Essaouira
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- JanJEssaouira in January: ok, busy
- FebFEssaouira in February: sweet spot
- MarMEssaouira in March: ok, busy
- AprAEssaouira in April: sweet spot
- MayMEssaouira in May: sweet spot
- JunJEssaouira in June: sweet spot
- JulJEssaouira in July: sweet spot
- AugAEssaouira in August: sweet spot
- SepSEssaouira in September: sweet spot
- OctOEssaouira in October: good, busy
- NovNEssaouira in November: good, busy
- DecDEssaouira in December: ok, busy
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Month by month
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| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19° | 4d | 72% | 9.4h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 20° | 4d | 74% | 9.6h | sweet spot | 20C max, 4 rainy days |
| Mar | 20° | 6d | 76% | 10.8h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Apr | 21° | 3d | 76% | 11.9h | sweet spot | 21C max, 3 rainy days |
| May | 22° | 1d | 76% | 12.6h | sweet spot | 22C max, 1 rainy day |
| Jun | 23° | 0d | 78% | 12.7h | sweet spot | 23C max, 0 rainy days |
| Jul | 25° | 0d | 79% | 12.7h | sweet spot | 25C max, 0 rainy days |
| Aug | 26° | 0d | 78% | 12.2h | sweet spot | 26C max, 0 rainy days |
| Sep | 25° | 0d | 78% | 10.8h | sweet spot | 25C max, 0 rainy days |
| Oct | 24° | 2d | 76% | 10.3h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Nov | 22° | 3d | 72% | 9.5h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 20° | 4d | 73% | 8.9h | okbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the medina, 15 km from the airport (ESU): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
No month in Essaouira is clearly warmer than in 1981–1990: the differences are inside the ordinary spread between one year and the next.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 18.3° | 19.2° | 21.4° | 21.1° | 22.7° | 25.1° | 28.0° | 28.5° | 27.9° | 25.1° | 21.8° | 19.4° |
| 2017–26 | 19.0° | 19.6° | 19.8° | 21.1° | 22.3° | 23.5° | 25.0° | 25.8° | 25.2° | 24.2° | 22.2° | 20.0° |
| Change | +0.7° | +0.4° | -1.6° | -0.1° | -0.4° | -1.6° | -3.1° | -2.8° | -2.7° | -0.9° | +0.4° | +0.7° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Marrakesh (RAK), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Marrakesh.
| Marrakesh (RAK) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Essaouira (ESU) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Essaouira is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Essaouira, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and E plugs at 127 / 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Moroccan dirham. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Morocco: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Still largely cash: cards work in bigger hotels, upscale restaurants and some shops, but markets, cafés and taxis want dirhams. Carry small notes.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Round up or leave 5-10% in cafés and casual restaurants, 10-15% in smarter ones; give taxi drivers a few dirhams.
Getting around Essaouira
- Apps — Rides: inDrive, Yango. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
The walled center of town, the Medina, is supposedly restricted to non-motorized vehicles, but this rule is widely ignored in the case of mopeds which are an increasing nuisance. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Essaouira, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 190 · ambulance and fire 150.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (16)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/morocco/getting-help
- roughguides.com/morocco/travel-tips
- yango.com/en_ma
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_Tramway
- casatramway.ma/ticket-abonnement/nos-offres
- casatramway.ma/propos/foire-aux-questions
- reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/morocco
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Morocco
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Casablanca
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Marrakech
- fr.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Maroc
- de.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Marokko
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
Essaouira in pictures
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Pawel Ryszawa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Wikimadari, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Goldfinchshuffle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Essaouira is like
Essaouira (Arabic: الصويرة) is a coastal city in Morocco. It is known as the Windy City. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Essaouira is a perfect example of a late 18th century fortified town, with the original canons still in place and where Orson Wells shot his Othello, "The Moor of Venice". More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- The beach dominates the Essaouirans' leisure time. Although the strong wind and currents makes relaxed tanning and swimming a little difficult at times, it is perfect for kitesurfing and windsurfing. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Three are flights from Charleroi, London, Madrid, Marseille, Paris, Tangier, Weeze, operated by RyanAir and Transavia. Also seasonal flights from Gran Canaria by Binter Canarias and from Bordeaux by easyJet. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Avoid the dealers selling "hash brownies" near the square, they are usually fake Hashish is widely smoked in Morocco, but do not be fooled into thinking it is legal even if you see Moroccans smoking during the day. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Essaouira, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Essaouira
Also in Morocco
- Agadir best Apr, Jul, Sep
- Casablanca best Feb, Jul, Nov
- Chefchaouen best May, Jun, Sep
- Fez best Feb, Apr, May
- Marrakech best Feb, Apr, May
- Merzouga best Feb, Mar, Apr
- Ouarzazate best Apr, May, Sep
- Rabat best Apr, Jun, Jul
- Tangier best May, Jun, Sep
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Essaouira is in Morocco, Africa. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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