Morocco
Casablanca in January
🧥 WinterPleasant and some showers.
🎒 Pack: warm jacket for evenings
Why January scores 8.9What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort9.1
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (18°C highs / 9°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point 8.8°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~62 mm rain)
- Air quality8.2
- ✓Moderate (PM2.5 ~17 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline7.5
- ·Increased caution
| Jan | May | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.9 Excellent | 9.6 Excellent |
| Season | 🧥 Winter | 🌷 Spring |
| High / low | 18° / 9° | 23° / 16° |
| Rain | 62 mm | 14 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 9° | dew pt 14° |
| PM2.5 | 17 µg/m³ | 8 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: Casablanca weather-station normals. Rainfall: Casablanca weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsJanuary 2027
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- New Year 1–3 Jan · 3 days off in a row
- Proclamation of Independence Day 9–11 Jan · 3 days off in a row
Other public holidays: Amazigh New Year (14 Jan)
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore CasablancaEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyMorocco's largest city and business capital, known for the Hassan II Mosque, Art Deco architecture and its Atlantic seafront.
No major events on our calendar for January.
Coming up later
RamadanDate variesIslamic calendar — moves about 11 days earlier each year
The month of fasting, with quiet days and busy evenings.
Why go: Many restaurants close during the day.
Where: Citywide
JazzablancaDate variesUsually late June or early July
An international jazz and music festival.
Why go: Some concerts are free in public spaces.
Where: Casablanca
Throne DayEvery year30 July every year
A national holiday marking the King's accession.
Why go: Expect closures and decorations.
Where: Nationwide
Hassan II Mosque
A vast mosque on the ocean edge with a very tall minaret.
💡 One of the few mosques in Morocco that non-Muslims can enter, on guided tours.
Corniche (Aïn Diab)
The seafront promenade with beaches, cafés and clubs.
Habous Quarter
A 20th-century 'new medina' with arcaded streets, bookshops and pastry shops.
Old Medina
The walled old quarter near the port with narrow lanes and markets.
Art Deco downtown
Streets around Boulevard Mohammed V with French colonial-era architecture.
Tagine
Slow-cooked stews of meat or fish with vegetables, olives or preserved lemon.
Couscous
Traditionally eaten on Fridays with vegetables and meat.
Seafood
Fresh Atlantic fish and shellfish.
💡 Around the central market and the port
Mint tea
Sweet green tea with fresh mint, served everywhere.
Msemen
Square, flaky flatbread eaten at breakfast with honey.
Argan oil
Cosmetic and culinary oil from the argan tree of southern Morocco.
💡 Pharmacies and cooperatives' shops
Babouches
Leather slippers.
💡 Habous Quarter
Moroccan ceramics
Painted bowls and tagine dishes.
💡 Habous Quarter
Airport transfer Kiwitaxi
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