Does it rain in Morocco / when is the rainy season?

Morocco is, for the most part, a dry-and-sunny country — but it's not uniformly so, and rain matters more in some regions than others. The wet season runs roughly from November to March, and almost all of the country's rain falls in that window. From late spring through to autumn, most of Morocco sees barely a drop.

Geography is everything here. The north and the Atlantic coast catch the weather systems rolling off the ocean, so the Rif Mountains, Tangier, Chefchaouen and the Mediterranean strip get the most rain — winters there can be genuinely wet and green, and the Rif is lush for a reason. Fes, Meknes and Rabat get moderate winter showers. As you move south and inland, rainfall drops sharply.

Marrakech, sitting in the rain shadow of the Atlas, gets only a handful of rainy days a year — usually short showers between November and March rather than all-day downpours. The Sahara is effectively a desert in the truest sense: it can go months or even years with negligible rain, though when storms do hit, the rare flash flood can briefly cut off valley roads, which is one reason we keep desert itineraries flexible in the wet months.

What this means in practice: if you travel between November and March, expect occasional rain in the north and coast and pack a light waterproof, but you'll still get plenty of sun and the landscapes are at their greenest. Travel between April and October and rain is barely a planning factor anywhere — the question becomes heat, not water. The mountains are the wildcard: they can get sudden showers or snow in winter regardless of the lowland forecast.