Rabat-Salé Airport

GMME · Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco

Climate Rabat-Salé Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rabat-Salé Airport (GMME) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.0 2 3 6 27 29
February 29.1 15 2 10 37 34
March 31.2 1 6 10 36 49
April 37.2 2 25 34 50
May 41.1 2 12 40 47
June 41.4 3 13 45 63
July 35.3 3 9 30 53
August 40.3 14 12 36 54
September 39.7 8 4 37 38
October 34.6 1 3 21 50
November 35.2 16 14 16 54
December 32.0 16 1 12 30
Average 32.8 5.9 5.9 10.4 31.6 46.7

21st best VFR conditions of Morocco

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.0 97 93 88 86 95
February 89.5 85 93 92 88 88
March 91.9 91 85 94 92 98
April 95.1 97 96 95 99
May 96.6 97 93 95 98
June 96.6 96 91 99 99
July 95.9 97 93 97 97
August 94.5 97 92 96 97
September 95.2 95 96 98 93
October 89.8 87 91 85 91
November 93.0 92 92 92 94
December 90.4 94 81 87 90
Average 93.3 90.9 93.7 92.0 92.9 95.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.6 22 18 19 16 18
February 18.9 21 19 20 19 20
March 19.5 20 21 19 20 19
April 21.2 24 21 21 21
May 23.6 23 25 23 25
June 24.7 27 25 24 25
July 26.3 27 28 26 28
August 27.3 29 26 26 27
September 26.3 26 25 27 27
October 25.2 26 28 24 23
November 20.9 22 23 20 23
December 18.7 20 20 19 18
Average 22.3 20.8 23.3 23.3 22.0 22.7

20th highest temperature of Morocco

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.5 7 6 6 8 6
February 7.9 9 8 7 8 8
March 9.2 10 8 9 8 8
April 10.8 10 10 11 12
May 12.9 12 13 12 14
June 15.5 18 16 15 16
July 17.6 18 19 18 19
August 18.2 17 18 19 19
September 16.6 15 16 17 17
October 14.0 15 15 13 12
November 10.2 10 11 10 11
December 8.6 7 13 9 10
Average 11.9 8.5 11.9 12.8 12.2 12.6

4th lowest temperature of Morocco

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.6 6 10 3 18 5
February 6.7 8 7 5 8 0
March 8.6 18 2 7 3 6
April 5.4 0 7 5 7
May 2.6 4 3 2 8
June 1.1 2 3 2 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.3 0 0 2 0
September 0.8 3 0 2 1
October 3.7 3 1 1 4
November 7.3 2 5 12 5
December 9.5 3 34 9 8
Average 4.9 10.8 2.6 4.3 4.8 3.5

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.4 5 5 4 5 6
February 5.9 7 6 5 6 6
March 7.3 9 6 7 5 9
April 7.3 7 9 6 9
May 7.1 7 6 7 8
June 7.3 7 7 6 9
July 6.6 6 6 5 8
August 6.1 6 5 5 7
September 6.4 6 6 6 6
October 6.1 6 5 5 6
November 5.7 5 6 5 6
December 5.8 6 10 5 6
Average 6.5 7.2 6.1 6.2 5.5 7.1

20th highest wind speed of Morocco

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 300° 354° 357° 244° 270°
February 295° 327° 003° 274° 334°
March 274° 359° 287° 355° 302°
April 357° 334° 326° 271°
May 335° 334° 351° 274°
June 336° 343° 329° 294°
July 337° 342° 345° 295°
August 347° 346° 333° 351°
September 338° 336° 348° 357°
October 297° 350° 335° 351°
November 002° 351° 304° 284°
December 074° 236° 248° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.