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Visiting Fez in July

BySunMed Guide

Visiting Fez in July

# Fez in July: Honest Thoughts

Let me be straight with you: July in Fez is **brutally hot**. We’re talking 38-42°C on regular days, sometimes pushing higher, and the medina doesn’t give you much relief. Those beautiful narrow alleyways that feel so atmospheric in photos? They trap heat something fierce. By early afternoon, you’ll be genuinely questioning your life choices.

Rainfall is essentially nonexistent in July. The sky is relentlessly clear, which sounds appealing until you’re shuffling across sun-baked stone at 2pm with nowhere to hide.

**The crowds situation** is interesting. European tourists do visit in summer, but honestly fewer people tackle Morocco in peak heat than you’d expect. The medina never feels empty — it’s a living city, not a theme park — but you won’t be shoulder-to-shoulder with tour groups the way you might in milder months. Many Moroccans themselves leave the interior cities for coastal towns in summer, so there’s a slightly different energy.

**What’s open:** essentially everything. The tanneries, the mosques’ exterior views, the souks, the restaurants — Fez doesn’t really “close” seasonally the way beach resorts do. Artisans are still working, markets are still moving.

**Is it worth visiting?** That genuinely depends on who you are. If you’re heat-sensitive, have mobility considerations, or are traveling with young children, I’d point you toward October or March instead without hesitation. The city deserves to be explored on foot, slowly, and July punishes slow walking.

However, if you’re a serious photographer who wakes up at 5am anyway, or someone who handles heat well and plans around it — early mornings, long midday rests, evenings out — Fez in July has a raw, unhurried quality that softer months don’t offer.

**One practical tip:** book a riad with a proper interior courtyard and a roof terrace. Don’t compromise on this. Your accommodation isn’t just somewhere to sleep in July — it’s your refuge for four or five hours every afternoon, and a dark cool room genuinely makes or breaks the trip.

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