Weather in Marrakesh in October

A good month. October is a solid month to be in Marrakesh. Highs average 30.6 °C, lows 17.3 °C, and rain falls on 4 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

October ranks 7 of 12 in Marrakesh: past the worst of the year but short of January, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain falls on only 4 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 30.6 °C days and 17.3 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 5 days clear 35 °C, so a serious heatwave is normal rather than notable. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest October day reached 40.3 °C and the coldest night fell to 7.2 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 26 mm — roughly 113% of the month's rain in one day.

October is moderately variable: 1 mm in the driest year against 68 mm in the wettest, around an average of 23 mm. Roughly two Octobers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 7.8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 48%.

How October sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 4.6 °C cooler than September, with November dropping another 6.4 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in October

11.5 hours of daylight, losing 0.9 hours across the month. That is between Marrakesh's extremes of 14.2 and 10.1 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 33.1 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

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

October in Marrakesh versus nearby

If Marrakesh is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Agadir is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain. Casablanca is a better bet in October — 3.8 °C cooler, 2 days more rain.

So: October works, with January the better month by 15 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Marrakesh

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