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Satellite view of Ord Omar; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Ord Omar

MoroccoMarrakesh-Safi · Morocco · Atlantic Ocean

31.4792, -9.7781 · Essaouira, 4 km

  • 20°Sea · September
  • 24°High · August
  • 12.5 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Ord Omar. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Ord Omar in October

  • 23°CAir, daytime high19°C at night
  • 19°CSea temperature
  • 8.5 hSunshine a day
  • 4 daysRainy days in the month24 mm in total
  • 18 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 189Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 13 kmAirport: Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 18.5 °C — 1.0 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −1.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.9 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September20 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August1 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan17°8 h27 mm
  2. Feb16°9 h29 mm
  3. Mar16°10 h28 mm
  4. Apr17°11 h18 mm
  5. May18°12 h13 mm
  6. Jun19°12 h3 mm
  7. Jul19°12 h1 mm
  8. Aug20°11 h2 mm
  9. Sep20°10 h9 mm
  10. Oct19°8 h24 mm
  11. Nov18°8 h55 mm
  12. Dec17°7 h37 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
16°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 17°Feb: 16°Mar: 16°Apr: 17°May: 18°Jun: 19°Jul: 19°Aug: 20°Sep: 20°Oct: 19°Nov: 18°Dec: 17°20°16°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Feb: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Mar: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 15°)Apr: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 15°)May: 19 °C (High 21° / Low 17°)Jun: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 18°)Jul: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 19°)Aug: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 20°)Sep: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 20°)Oct: 21 °C (High 23° / Low 19°)Nov: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 17°)Dec: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 15°)22°16°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm20 mm40 mm60 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27 mmFeb: 29 mmMar: 28 mmApr: 18 mmMay: 13 mmJun: 3 mmJul: 1 mm1Aug: 2 mmSep: 9 mmOct: 24 mmNov: 55 mm55Dec: 37 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.9 hFeb: 8.6 hMar: 9.7 hApr: 10.8 hMay: 11.8 hJun: 12.5 h12.5Jul: 12.3 hAug: 11.3 hSep: 10.1 hOct: 8.5 hNov: 7.7 hDec: 7.4 h7.4

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Ord Omar: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Ord Omar: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1814172767.920
February1814162958.622
March1915162869.722
April19151718410.823
May21171813211.824
June2218193112.525
July2419191012.328
August2420202011.325
Septemberwarmest sea2420209210.120
October2319192448.518
November2017185577.720
December1815173777.420

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER21 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.121 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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