Morocco is subject to contrasting influences of the Mediterranean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Sahara on the reliefs which the western part receives oceanic rainfall, while the mountains act as barriers. The coastal plains are in the same latitude as the oasis of the Algerian Sahara; rich and fertile in the North, they are influenced by the desert in their southern part from Essaouira ( Mogador ) and especially of Agadir.

In the north, the climate is Mediterranean , tempered by the influence of the sea with colder winters in altitude and neighboring rainfall of 800 mm annual on the northern Atlantic coast . In Essaouira , average annual temperatures range from 16.4 ° C in January and 22.5 ° C in August. In the interior , winters are cooler and warmer summers. Thus, Fez, temperatures range from 10 ° C in January to 26.9 ° C in August. In the Atlas , it is not uncommon to find lower winter temperatures - 17.8 ° C , and the peaks are snow almost all year .

The rainy season is the winter months. Precipitation are important in the North West and lowest in the East and South, especially in the eastern foothills of the Atlas. The average annual precipitation ranges from 860 mm to 430 mm in Tangier and Casablanca, Essaouira 280 mm and 130 mm in the Sahara.
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