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Best time to visit Ouarzazate

Morocco · Africa

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Ouarzazate

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  1. Ouarzazate in January: good, busy
  2. Ouarzazate in February: sweet spot
  3. Ouarzazate in March: good, busy
  4. Ouarzazate in April: sweet spot
  5. Ouarzazate in May: sweet spot
  6. Ouarzazate in June: avoid
  7. Ouarzazate in July: avoid
  8. Ouarzazate in August: avoid
  9. Ouarzazate in September: sweet spot
  10. Ouarzazate in October: sweet spot
  11. Ouarzazate in November: good, busy
  12. Ouarzazate in December: good, busy
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in Feb, Apr, May, Sep or Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 31C max, 0 rainy days. Mar is the next best.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

MonthMax °CRain days HumiditySun h/day VerdictWhy
Jan 17° 2d 41% 9.7h goodbusy busier than usual
Feb 19° 2d 40% 10.0h sweet spot 19C max, 2 rainy days
Mar 22° 2d 37% 10.8h goodbusy busier than usual
Apr 26° 1d 30% 12.1h sweet spot 26C max, 1 rainy day
May 31° 0d 26% 12.3h sweet spot 31C max, 0 rainy days
Jun 35° 0d 24% 12.5h avoid extreme heat: 19 days over 35C
Jul 39° 0d 17% 11.9h avoid extreme heat: 31 days over 35C
Aug 37° 0d 22% 11.7h avoid extreme heat: 27 days over 35C
Sep 32° 1d 34% 10.6h sweet spot 32C max, 1 rainy day
Oct 27° 1d 36% 10.3h sweet spot 27C max, 1 rainy day
Nov 22° 1d 40% 9.6h goodbusy busier than usual
Dec 18° 1d 46% 9.2h goodbusy 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 centre: 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

Busiest from November to January; quietest from May to August.

Then and now

Ouarzazate's November days now average 21.9°C, 3.0°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 10 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1981–9014.6°17.4°21.1°24.1°27.8°32.9°36.0°35.4°31.2°24.9°18.9°15.7°
2017–2616.8°18.9°22.0°26.4°30.8°35.3°38.6°37.5°32.4°27.4°21.9°17.5°
Change+2.2°+1.6°+0.9°+2.4°+3.0°+2.4°+2.6°+2.0°+1.2°+2.5°+3.0°+1.9°

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

How far Ouarzazate is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do 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. 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 Ouarzazate

  • Apps — Rides: inDrive, Yango. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

The area around Mohammad V is very walkable. The CTM station is there as well. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Ouarzazate, 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.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Ouarzazate in pictures

Aït Benhaddou view from above
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Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Kasbah Taourirt in Ouarzazate 2011
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Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Kasbah Taourirt Ouarzazate
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Alexander Leisser, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Ouarzazate is like

Ouarzazate (ورزازات) is a city in Morocco and the largest town in the Saharan Morocco. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing
Kasbah Taourirt. A well preserved kasbah inside of the city with a constant exhibition of various artists inside. It is like a little labyrinth, exploring all the rooms and hallways. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing
Go for a swim, Public pool between Tammasint and Gar routier bus station on Mohamed V, 20 dirham. Nice break from a road trip. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in
From Agadir twice daily by CTM at 09:00 & 23:30, 6½ hours, 135-185 dirham. There are also other companies running this route, but no Supratours. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe
Ouarzazate is very safe, but don't wander into weird corners at night. Crime throughout the Moroccan south is minimal, but it's best not to take (too many) chances. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Ouarzazate, 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 Ouarzazate

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Kind of place

Ouarzazate is in Morocco, Africa. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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