climate

The city of Chefchaouen is 600 m above sea level. We distinguish three varieties in the Province of climate:

The mountainous area typically Mediterranean, rainy and cold climate in winter and mild in summer. Precipitation is the most important and vary between 800 and 1400 mm / year sometimes reaching 2000 mm / year with snowfall although they remain rare 600m.
A semi-arid climate that dominates the coastal zone with rainfall ranging between 350 and 400 mm / year.
The southern area is characterized by a humid climate in winter and dry in summer with temperatures ranging between 900 and 1300 mm / year rainfall.
Summer is sometimes very hot with temperatures reaching or exceeding 40 ° C and in winter it can get very cold as in 2005 - 14 ° C.