Tétouan
City in Morocco: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Tetuan vista desde un tejado: Anassbarnichou2, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tétouan is a city in Morocco, in Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima. About 415,810 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Morocco in our atlas.
It lies at 35.58° N, 5.37° W, about 121 m (397 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Casablanca time zone.
Location
Red dot: Tétouan. Green dots: other major cities of Morocco. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tétouan has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (46°F). Around 550 mm (22 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
- Tangier · 44 km
- Al Hoceïma · 134 km
- Fes · 175 km
- Kenitra · 183 km
- Meknes · 188 km
- Salé · 213 km
- Rabat · 218 km
- Casablanca · 300 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2528910 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q185157 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Tetuan vista desde un tejado: Anassbarnichou2, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Musée de Tétouan MedinaStories 09112020 005: Yamen, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Medina de Tetouan Nov2020 016: Yamen, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
