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Best time to visit Rabat
Morocco · Africa
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Rabat
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- JanJRabat in January: good
- FebFRabat in February: good
- MarMRabat in March: good
- AprARabat in April: sweet spot
- MayMRabat in May: sweet spot
- JunJRabat in June: sweet spot
- JulJRabat in July: sweet spot
- AugARabat in August: good
- SepSRabat in September: sweet spot
- OctORabat in October: good
- NovNRabat in November: good, busy
- DecDRabat in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Rabat
- Royal Palace It is huge, you cannot really visit it (but it is a nice walk)…
- Hassan Tower and the Royal Mausoleum Exquisite mausoleum of the current king’s grandfather…
- Kasbah of the Oudaias The Kasbah is the oldest part of Rabat.
- Chellah A city possibly founded by Phoenicians, then occupied by Romans…
- St. Peter's Cathedral The city's own beautiful art-deco cathedral.
- Rabat Zoo Contains more than 100 species of Moroccan…
- National Archaeological Museum This museum houses artifacts from various periods of Morocco's history…
Tours and tickets in Rabat
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Rabat), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
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.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17° | 6d | 80% | 8.5h | good | 17C max, 6 rainy days |
| Feb | 18° | 5d | 81% | 9.1h | good | 18C max, 5 rainy days |
| Mar | 19° | 9d | 80% | 9.8h | good | 19C max, 9 rainy days |
| Apr | 21° | 5d | 78% | 11.4h | sweet spot | 21C max, 5 rainy days |
| May | 23° | 2d | 75% | 12.0h | sweet spot | 23C max, 2 rainy days |
| Jun | 25° | 1d | 76% | 12.1h | sweet spot | 25C max, 1 rainy day |
| Jul | 26° | 0d | 77% | 12.4h | sweet spot | 26C max, 0 rainy days |
| Aug | 27° | 0d | 78% | 12.2h | good | 27C max, 0 rainy days |
| Sep | 26° | 1d | 79% | 10.7h | sweet spot | 26C max, 1 rainy day |
| Oct | 24° | 4d | 77% | 9.6h | good | 24C max, 4 rainy days |
| Nov | 21° | 6d | 79% | 8.8h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 18° | 6d | 82% | 8.1h | 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 centre, 9 km from the airport (RBA): 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 Rabat 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 | 16.6° | 17.8° | 20.0° | 20.6° | 22.6° | 25.9° | 29.2° | 29.3° | 28.8° | 25.3° | 21.2° | 18.1° |
| 2017–26 | 17.2° | 18.2° | 18.7° | 20.6° | 23.0° | 24.5° | 26.3° | 27.0° | 26.1° | 24.5° | 20.9° | 18.3° |
| Change | +0.6° | +0.4° | -1.3° | +0.1° | +0.4° | -1.4° | -2.9° | -2.4° | -2.8° | -0.9° | -0.3° | +0.3° |
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 Rabat is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
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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 Rabat
- Apps — Rides: inDrive, Yango. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
If you aren't in a hurry, walking around the area of Centre Ville, Agdal, the University, the Medina, the Ocean/River and the monuments is easy and pleasant. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Rabat, 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
Rabat in pictures
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Baca12, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Timothy A, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Rabat is like
Rabat (Arabic: الرباط; Berber: ⵕⵕⴱⴰⴹ), literally "Fortified Place", is the capital city of Morocco. The city of Rabat is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Kasbah of the Oudaias. The Kasbah is the oldest part of Rabat. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- There are many things to do here. As in most Moroccan cities, it is enough just to wander around and go where something takes your fancy. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- There are two stations Rabat Ville. in downtown and Rabat Agdal. 3 km south of it. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Rabat is considered a safe city. Just use some common sense: avoid wearing expensive jewellery or looking flashy, do not flash large quantities of cash, and avoid unfamiliar and deserted areas at night. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Rabat, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
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