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Seattle from Casablanca

8,895 km, about 11h 46m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Seattle and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.

  1. Seattle in January: avoid
  2. Seattle in February: avoid
  3. Seattle in March: ok
  4. Seattle in April: ok
  5. Seattle in May: sweet spot, busy
  6. Seattle in June: sweet spot, busy
  7. Seattle in July: sweet spot, busy
  8. Seattle in August: sweet spot, busy
  9. Seattle in September: sweet spot
  10. Seattle in October: ok
  11. Seattle in November: avoid
  12. Seattle in December: avoid
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in May–Sep — these months score within a whisker of each other; 21C max, 6 rainy days. Apr is the next best.

Month by month from Casablanca

No fare history on CMN–SEA yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only. The price column fills in as the scanner collects.

MonthMax °CRain days Crowds VerdictWhy
Jan 8° 15d 80 avoid 8C max, 15 rainy days
Feb 8° 12d 100 avoid 8C max, 12 rainy days
Mar 11° 13d 100 ok 11C max, 13 rainy days
Apr 14° 11d 80 ok 14C max, 11 rainy days
May 18° 8d 62 sweet spot busy busier than usual
Jun 21° 6d 65 sweet spot busy busier than usual
Jul 25° 2d 45 sweet spot busy busier than usual
Aug 25° 3d 45 sweet spot busy busier than usual
Sep 21° 7d 75 sweet spot 21C max, 7 rainy days
Oct 15° 11d 80 ok 15C max, 11 rainy days
Nov 10° 16d 80 avoid 10C max, 16 rainy days
Dec 8° 17d 80 avoid monsoon: 17 rainy days, 189mm

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Crowds is a score out of 100 where higher is quieter. It counts public-holiday clusters in MA as well as at Seattle, which is why this table differs from the same one read from another country. A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. Crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from June to August; quietest from November to February.

The year in Seattle

Seattle experiences a temperate maritime climate, characterized by cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers. Travelers should be prepared for unpredictable weather, especially in the shoulder seasons.

Busiest
mid Jun to mid Sep — This period features the warmest weather and longest days, attracting the highest number of tourists.
Quieter, still good
early May to mid Jun — Late spring offers pleasant weather with fewer tourists.
mid Sep to mid Oct — Early autumn provides mild temperatures but fewer visitors compared to summer.

Written by a language model from the climate figures above. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe.

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