Region · Morocco
Where to stay in Oriental
This guide covers 5 destinations in Oriental, a first-level administrative division of Morocco, with 12 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Oujda, Nador and Taourirt. Across its destinations, April, May, October and November are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Nador Al Aaroui International Airport (NDR).
- Destinations in this guide
- 5
- Places to stay
- 12
- Comfortable in the most places
- April, May, October and November
- Main airport
- NDRNador Al Aaroui International Airport
- Currency
- MADMoroccan dirham
- Time zone
- Africa/Casablanca
Destinations
Destinations in Oriental
Every destination in this guide in Oriental, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Hotels in Oriental
12 hotels in Oriental recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Oriental
From the climate of 5 destinations in Oriental with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: April, May, October and November.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 5 | 15 °C | 46 mm |
| February | 0 of 5 | 17 °C | 44 mm |
| March | 4 of 5 | 19 °C | 42 mm |
| April | 5 of 5 | 21 °C | 37 mm |
| May | 5 of 5 | 24 °C | 26 mm |
| June | 3 of 5 | 29 °C | 5 mm |
| July | 0 of 5 | 33 °C | 1 mm |
| August | 0 of 5 | 33 °C | 3 mm |
| September | 3 of 5 | 29 °C | 14 mm |
| October | 5 of 5 | 25 °C | 34 mm |
| November | 5 of 5 | 20 °C | 43 mm |
| December | 2 of 5 | 16 °C | 45 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Oriental
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Oriental name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
NDR · Nador Al Aaroui International Airport
MLN · Melilla Airport
OUD · Oujda Angads Airport
AHU · Cherif Al Idrissi Airport
TLM · Zenata – Messali El Hadj Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Oriental, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Morocco
Nearby
Regions near Oriental
Other regions of Morocco with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.