Erfoud is a city in Morocco. It is located in the region of Meknes-Tafilalet.
Huge oasis Erfoud is the capital of Tafilalet, north of Rissani, the cradle of the Alawite dynasty. Erfoud is a new town founded in 1913 by the French, the tidy streets, with a few traditional mud houses. She is one of the two ends of the road Ziz, borrowing the Foum Zabel tunnel dug by the French Foreign Legion in 1928.
In October, Erfoud is the "capital of date." For three days Guetna animates the city. It is the festival dates, to close the harvest. Folk dances and contests of the best dates attract thousands of visitors. This festival has become the international exhibition dates from the year 2010 in this city is more geologically rich, thanks to the diversity of fossils in the region.
Erfoud is one of the last towns before the desert.

 

Climate.
Erfoud has a desert climate, which results in a significant aridity. Due to its proximity to the Sahara, rainfall is very rare (less than 150 mm per year), or nonexistent depending on the year.
The average temperature is 27 ° C. The minimum temperature in January in winter (the coldest month) is 10 ° C and the maximum temperature in July in the summer (the hottest month) is 43 ° C. The air is very dry, with a daily humidity level below 40%.
The winter nights, temperatures are cool because of the atlitude of the city.
Sunshine is of around 3600 h, or more than 340 days per year. In summer, during the hottest hours of the day, the temperature can reach 60 ° C in the sun.
Sandstorms are common, caused by winds altitudes. source :fr.wikipedia.org