Kenitra
City in Morocco: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kenitra main pic: Hakim DAHOUNE, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kenitra is a city in Morocco, in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra. About 470,949 people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of Morocco in our atlas.
It lies at 34.26° N, 6.58° W, about 13 m (43 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Casablanca time zone.
Location
Red dot: Kenitra. Green dots: other major cities of Morocco. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kenitra has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 24°C (76°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 14°C (57°F). Around 491 mm (19 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in MoroccoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Salé · 31 km
- Rabat · 36 km
- Meknes · 103 km
- Casablanca · 121 km
- Fes · 147 km
- Tangier · 182 km
- Tétouan · 184 km
- Al Hoceïma · 266 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2544571 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q478207 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kenitra main pic: Hakim DAHOUNE, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stade Muncipal (Kenitra): KSKB1935, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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