Weather in Agadir in August

The month to avoid. Of the twelve, August is the one to avoid. Daytime highs average 38.4 °C and the afternoon is not negotiable — outdoor plans move to early morning or evening.

August ranks 12 of 12 — near the bottom of Agadir's year. January is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 64 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain falls on only 1 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for heat management rather than style: shade, water, and a schedule that gives up on the middle of the day.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 26 days of the month clear 35 °C — that is not a heatwave, it is the month. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest August day reached 47.3 °C and the coldest night fell to 18 °C.

August is dependably dry, and that reliability is the point: across the twenty years measured, the wettest August on record still only managed 33 mm, and the driest managed 0 mm. There is no meaningful variability to plan around, which makes this one of the few months anywhere that you can build a fixed outdoor itinerary against without a fallback. The wettest single day in twenty years of Augusts brought 21 mm. Rain simply is not the variable that decides this trip — heat, crowds and cost are.

Wind is light at 7.9 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and the air is dry at 40% humidity, which makes the heat far more bearable than the same figure somewhere humid — and dehydrates you faster than you expect.

How August sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 38.9 °C in July, 38.4 here, 34 in September. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in August

13.3 hours of daylight, losing 0.8 hours across the month. That is between Agadir's extremes of 14.1 and 10.2 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 20.5 °C in August — swimmable, but it takes a moment to commit. The sea peaks at 21.3 °C in October and bottoms out at 17.2 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

August in Agadir versus nearby

If Agadir is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Marrakesh is close enough to be a coin toss — 2.1 °C warmer, 1 day more rain. Casablanca is a better bet in August — 7.3 °C cooler, the same number of rain days.

So: August is a compromise. January is 64 points better and is what Agadir is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Agadir

See all twelve months in Agadir, or where else to go in August.