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December 2024

+0.9 °C national temperature anomaly

Updated : 6 November 2026

Temperature anomaly+0.9 °C
Rain / normal18 %
SPEI-3−1.26
Regions in severe drought4 / 12

December 2024 shows a national temperature anomaly of +0.9 °C relative to 1991–2020, ranking 11 among the warmest Decembers since 1991 (35 years).

Rainfall reached 18% of the monthly normal.

National SPEI-3: -1.26 (moderate drought). 4 of 12 regions are in severe or extreme drought: Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Oriental, Souss-Massa.

The largest regional anomaly was in Souss-Massa (+2.1 °C); the average number of very hot days was 9.

Text generated automatically from the data. National values are an unweighted mean of 12 regional points (regional capitals). Source: Open-Meteo (ERA5), Observatory calculations.

Temperature anomaly by region

  1. Souss-Massa +2.1 °C
  2. Guelmim-Oued Noun +1.7 °C
  3. Marrakesh-Safi +1.5 °C
  4. Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra +1.4 °C
  5. Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab +1.3 °C
  6. Beni Mellal-Khenifra +0.9 °C
  7. Fez-Meknes +0.6 °C
  8. Oriental +0.4 °C
  9. Casablanca-Settat +0.4 °C
  10. Draa-Tafilalet +0.3 °C
  11. Rabat-Sale-Kenitra +0.3 °C
  12. Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima +0.2 °C

Open-Meteo (ERA5), Observatory calculations

SPEI-3 by region

  1. Draa-Tafilalet +0.99
  2. Fez-Meknes −0.69
  3. Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima −0.79
  4. Casablanca-Settat −1.05
  5. Rabat-Sale-Kenitra −1.27
  6. Beni Mellal-Khenifra −1.30
  7. Marrakesh-Safi −1.33
  8. Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab −1.46
  9. Souss-Massa −1.61
  10. Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra −1.76
  11. Guelmim-Oued Noun −2.32
  12. Oriental −2.55

Open-Meteo (ERA5), Observatory calculations