Fall · October 6, 2026
Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi
The trailhead
Start here. Where do you want to go?
Every trail below is Marrakesh right now — this month's fish, this week's soil and frost, what's ready in the woods, tonight's sky. Tap a place on the map to see what's waiting there, or let us plan a trail for today.
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The map faces south, like you at midday: the sun comes up on your left, in the east, and goes down on your right, in the west.
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Answer any of these and we’ll draw you a trail on the map — one stop for an hour, two for half a day, three for all day.
Today at the trailhead
Above about 32 °C tomatoes drop their flowers and lettuce turns bitter.
- Ground beetlebest now — Running the soil surface after dark, taking slugs, cutworms and larvae. One of the best predators a garden has.
- Earthwormbest now — At the surface after dark and in wet weather, pulling leaves down into the burrow.
Right now
23°C / 73°F
Partly cloudy · wind 3 km/h · 74% RH
Soil (6 cm)
29°C / 83°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
10b
est. from 10-yr extreme low 2°C
Frost window
Mar 1 – Dec 10
~284 frost-free days · first frost in ~65 days
Sun
07:28 – 19:10
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
15% lit · anglers' solunar: good · full 2026-10-26
7-day forecast
Africa/Casablanca
Tue
Overcast
34° / 20°
0.1 mm
Wed
Thunderstorms
28° / 20°
3 mm
Thu
Showers
26° / 19°
0.9 mm
Fri
Thunderstorms
26° / 17°
4.6 mm
Sat
Thunderstorms
24° / 16°
6.6 mm
Sun
Fog
25° / 14°
dry
Mon
Partly cloudy
27° / 13°
dry
Writing your field guide — reading the forecast, the moon and the map…
Overhead · Marrakesh, Morocco
The sky over the garden
The two clocks nothing on the ground can argue with: the length of the day, and the phase of the moon.
The sun
11h 42m of light
Sunrise
07:29
Solar noon
13:20
Sunset
19:11
A month from now the day will be 0h 54m shorter. Enough light for steady growth.
The moon
Waning Crescent
15% lit · waning · day 26 of 29.5
- Next full
- Oct 26 · 20d
- Hunter's Moon
- Next new
- Oct 10 · 4d
- Darkest nights
Planting by the moon: Last quarter to new: a resting phase — weed, prune, harvest, turn compost and prepare beds.
Anglers' solunar rating: good — the tradition says fish feed hardest in the days either side of new and full, and around moonrise and moonset. The evidence is mixed; light and weather matter more.
Turn of the season
Winter solstice
Dec 21 · 76 days away
About 65 days to the average first frost (Dec 10).
Next moons
- New MoonOct 10
- First QuarterOct 18
- Full Moon · Hunter's MoonOct 26
- Last QuarterNov 1
Right now · Marrakesh, Morocco
Forces at work right now
Frost, soil warmth, light, rain and the moon set the pace for the garden, the water and the woods alike. Every reading below comes from this location's own forecast and climate record.
- Quiet right now
Frost
284 frost-free days
Typically Mar 1 to Dec 10 here. Coldest night in the next week: 13.3 °C.
The hard edge of the growing season. Ice inside a leaf ruptures its cells — one night ends a tomato and sweetens a parsnip.
- Working for you
Soil warmth
28.6 °C
Warm enough for beans, corn, squash, cucumber and transplanted tomato and pepper. Roots run hard at this temperature.
Seeds read soil temperature, not the calendar. Six centimetres down is where the decision gets made.
- Quiet right now
Day length
11h 42m
Losing about 2 minutes of daylight a day.
The one thing weather can't change. Plants count photoperiod to decide when to bolt, bulb, flower and go dormant.
- Working for you
Heat units
84 GDD / 7 days
Steady heat. Tomatoes set fruit, corn stretches, and pest generations turn over on schedule.
Growing degree days: the running total of warmth above 10 °C. Crops and insects both run on this clock rather than on dates.
- Worth watching
Rain
15.2 mm / 7 days
15.2 mm across 3 days — short of the ~25 mm a week most beds want. Top up the thirstiest rows.
Sets the pace for everything: germination, fungal fruiting, slug nights, and how a river runs for the next three days.
- Working for you
Pollination
6 of 7 flying days
6 good flying days ahead. Open flowers will get worked — leave a shallow water dish out and hold off on any spray until dusk.
A third of what you eat needs an insect to have visited first. Bees fly on temperature and wind, not on your schedule.
In season now · October
What you can pick right now
8 wild edibles typically ready in October near Marrakesh, Morocco. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather — check each one before you go.
FruitSeptember – OctoberHawthorn berries
Crataegus spp.
Thorny small tree with lobed leaves and clusters of small red haws, each holding one to five hard stones. Cut one open to see the stones.
How to know it & its look-alikes →
NutSeptember – NovemberAcorns
Quercus spp.
Collect brown, freshly fallen nuts with no weevil holes; float them in water and discard the ones that swim.
How to know it & its look-alikes →Photo: Douglas Goldman · CC BY-SA 4.0
FruitSeptember – NovemberRose hips
Rosa spp.
The red-orange fruit left after a wild rose blooms, topped with a dried five-pointed crown of sepals.
How to know it & its look-alikes →Photo: Tom Norton · CC BY 4.0
FruitOctober – DecemberStrawberry tree (arbutus)
Arbutus unedo
An evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy, toothed leaves and red-brown, peeling bark. Round, warty red fruits 1.5–2 cm (⅝–¾ in) across ripen in autumn at the same time as the next year’s clusters of creamy, bell-shaped flowers.
How to know it & its look-alikes →Photo: John Leszczynski · CC BY 4.0
CoastalMarch – June, September – OctoberSea beet (wild spinach)
Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima
A sprawling, leafy perennial with dark green, glossy, leathery leaves — the lower ones wavy-edged and roughly triangular — often on reddish stems, and in summer thick, grooved spikes of tiny green flowers. It looks and tastes like a wild chard.
How to know it & its look-alikes →
Has a dangerous look-alikeGreenMay – OctoberWild fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Tall feathery blue-green plant with an unmistakable anise smell, a smooth green stem and yellow umbels.
How to know it & its look-alikes →
2 more in season here — see the full foraging calendar →
Photographs are research-grade observations from iNaturalist, each credited to its photographer. They show a typical specimen, not every variation — never identify from a photo alone. Confirm with a regional field guide or an experienced forager before you eat anything wild.
In the water now · October
What's biting
The sport fish active near Marrakesh, Morocco in October — where they hold, how to know one on the line, and the tactic that usually works. Check your licence and the current limits before you go.
FishApr–OctLargemouth bass
Micropterus nigricans
Green with a dark lateral stripe, and an upper jaw that extends past the back of the eye.
Where and how to catch it →Photo: Nick Tobler (Cowturtle) · CC BY 4.0
FishJan–Jun, Sep–NovNorthern pike
Esox lucius
Long torpedo body, duck-like jaws, light bean-shaped spots on a dark green flank.
Where and how to catch it →Photo: Daughter Dad · CC BY 4.0
FishMar–Jun, Sep–NovRainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
A pink-red band down the flank, small black spots over the whole body and tail.
Where and how to catch it →Photo: Mike Heine · CC BY 4.0
Photographs are research-grade observations from iNaturalist, each credited to its photographer. Ranges and timing are typical, not guaranteed — 87 species are covered across North America, Europe and Africa.
In the garden now · October
Who else is working the garden
The insects and soil life out near Marrakesh, Morocco in October. Most of them are on your side — learn the few that aren't before you reach for anything.
PollinatorMar–OctHoney bee
Apis mellifera
Golden-brown, banded, furry thorax, and pollen packed onto the hind legs in visible baskets.
What it does in the garden →
BeneficialApr–OctLady beetle
Coccinellidae
The adult everyone knows; the larva is the useful one — a spiky, alligator-shaped grey-and-orange creature that looks like a pest.
What it does in the garden →
BeneficialApr–OctGround beetle
Carabidae
Shiny black or bronze, fast-running, with grooved wing covers and long legs.
What it does in the garden →Photo: Gavin Slater · CC BY 4.0
Photographs are research-grade observations from iNaturalist, each credited to its photographer. Ranges and timing are typical, not guaranteed — 87 species are covered across North America, Europe and Africa.
Your ecological region
Mediterranean North Africa & Atlas
The Maghreb coast and the Atlas mountains: hot dry summers, mild rainy winters, olive, argan and cedar.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 10b
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of 2°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Marrakesh every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.