Riding weather · Morocco
High Atlas motorcycle weather by month
On our rules, the best months to ride in the High Atlas area are May to October.
The driest months are January, June and July; the wettest is March, with about 62 mm of rain over 9 rain days.
Days are warmest in July (average high 30 °C) and nights coldest in January (average low -1 °C).
Month by month
Imlil and the Tizi n'Tichka road, at 1,700 to 2,200 m.
- JanMixed11°/-1°20 mm
- FebMixed12°/0°48 mm
- MarMixed14°/1°62 mm
- AprMixed18°/4°47 mm
- MayGood22°/8°41 mm
- JunGood25°/11°13 mm
- JulGood30°/15°9 mm
- AugGood29°/15°21 mm
- SeptGood24°/11°37 mm
- OctGood20°/8°46 mm
- NovMixed15°/3°27 mm
- DecMixed13°/0°22 mm
Average high/low in °C and monthly rain. How we rate months
- Snow can fall on the Tizi n'Tichka pass from November to March and occasionally closes it for a day or more. Source
Show the numbers
| Month | Riding | High | Low | Rain | Rain days | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Mixed | 11 °C 52 °F | -1 °C 30 °F | 20 mm | 4 | cold |
| February | Mixed | 12 °C 53 °F | 0 °C 31 °F | 48 mm | 8 | cold |
| March | Mixed | 14 °C 57 °F | 1 °C 34 °F | 62 mm | 9 | cold |
| April | Mixed | 18 °C 64 °F | 4 °C 40 °F | 47 mm | 9 | cold |
| May | Good | 22 °C 71 °F | 8 °C 46 °F | 41 mm | 8 | |
| June | Good | 25 °C 77 °F | 11 °C 51 °F | 13 mm | 4 | |
| July | Good | 30 °C 86 °F | 15 °C 59 °F | 9 mm | 3 | |
| August | Good | 29 °C 84 °F | 15 °C 59 °F | 21 mm | 7 | |
| September | Good | 24 °C 76 °F | 11 °C 52 °F | 37 mm | 7 | |
| October | Good | 20 °C 68 °F | 8 °C 46 °F | 46 mm | 7 | |
| November | Mixed | 15 °C 59 °F | 3 °C 38 °F | 27 mm | 4 | cold |
| December | Mixed | 13 °C 55 °F | 0 °C 33 °F | 22 mm | 4 | cold |
Rain days: days with at least 1 mm. Averages of daily values, 2015 to 2024, for Imlil and Tizi n'Tichka, corrected to riding elevation. Reanalysis smooths mountains and local showers, so read these as a regional picture rather than a forecast.
Climate data: Open-Meteo / ERA5, 2015 to 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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