Fes Weather in January
Fes in January
The short of it: Fes in January averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 5° · rain 52 mm · daylight 10 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Fes an average January high of 16°, a low of 5° and some 52 mm of rain. Fes's coldest stretch of the year, 16° by day and 5° by night. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 7 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates January 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and April.
Against its neighbours, Fes runs cooler than most and wetter than most in January. New Fes, 2 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
January in Fes, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 22 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New FesFes-Meknes | 2 km NNW | 16° | 5° | 53 mm |
| Fès al BaliFes-Meknes | 6 km NE | 17° | 6° | 48 mm |
| Oulad TayebFes-Meknes | 10 km S | 16° | 4° | 49 mm |
| Ras el MaFes-Meknes | 11 km SW | 16° | 5° | 51 mm |
| EssekhinatFes-Meknes | 13 km E | 17° | 6° | 47 mm |
| Aïn CheggagFes-Meknes | 16 km SSW | 15° | 4° | 49 mm |
| Moulay YacoubFes-Meknes | 18 km WNW | 17° | 6° | 53 mm |
| Aïn TaoujdatFes-Meknes | 22 km WSW | 16° | 5° | 52 mm |