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January 2025

+1.0 °C national temperature anomaly

Updated : 6 November 2026

Temperature anomaly+1.0 °C
Rain / normal40 %
SPEI-3−1.96
Regions in severe drought9 / 12

January 2025 shows a national temperature anomaly of +1.0 °C relative to 1991–2020, ranking 7 among the warmest Januarys since 1991 (36 years).

Rainfall reached 40% of the monthly normal.

National SPEI-3: -1.96 (severe drought). 9 of 12 regions are in severe or extreme drought: Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Casablanca-Settat, Fez-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakesh-Safi, Oriental, Souss-Massa, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima.

The largest regional anomaly was in Oriental (+1.6 °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. Oriental +1.6 °C
  2. Marrakesh-Safi +1.5 °C
  3. Souss-Massa +1.4 °C
  4. Casablanca-Settat +1.3 °C
  5. Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima +1.3 °C
  6. Guelmim-Oued Noun +1.3 °C
  7. Beni Mellal-Khenifra +1.1 °C
  8. Rabat-Sale-Kenitra +1.0 °C
  9. Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra +0.9 °C
  10. Fez-Meknes +0.6 °C
  11. Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab +0.2 °C
  12. Draa-Tafilalet 0.0 °C

Open-Meteo (ERA5), Observatory calculations

SPEI-3 by region

  1. Draa-Tafilalet −0.99
  2. Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab −1.37
  3. Rabat-Sale-Kenitra −1.47
  4. Fez-Meknes −1.54
  5. Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima −1.61
  6. Beni Mellal-Khenifra −1.63
  7. Casablanca-Settat −1.66
  8. Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra −2.07
  9. Marrakesh-Safi −2.22
  10. Oriental −2.48
  11. Souss-Massa −3.18
  12. Guelmim-Oued Noun −3.30

Open-Meteo (ERA5), Observatory calculations