Laayoune

big city, administrative territorial entity, urban commune of Morocco
Piiluu	1938
Official name	Laayoune, العيون, El Aaiún
Native label	العيون, El Aaiún
Official language	Arabic
Paaloŋ	Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Capital of	Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, Western Sahara
Located in the administrative territorial entity	Laâyoune Province
Located in time zone	UTC±00:00, UTC+01:00
Coordinate location	27°9′0″N 13°12′0″W
Office held by head of government	mayor
Head of government	Moulay Hamdi Ould Errachid
Owner of	Sheikh Mohamed Laghdaf Stadium
Official website	https://laayoune.ma/

Laayoune^[1]^[2] bee El Aaiún^[3]^[4] ^[5](Arabic: العيون, al-ʕuyūn [alʕujuːn], Hassaniyya: [ˈləʕjuːn] ^ⓘ, lit. 'A Springs') e la a teŋkpoŋ naŋ taa turibogiri neŋ Western Sahara, neŋ noba yagroŋ 271,344 a 2023. ^[6]A paaloŋ e la a de jure kapital ko a Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, neŋ a na wuli ka o e la a de facto Moroccan administration o naŋ taa a turibogiri. A saŋa naŋ paaloŋ da nyɛ la sommo yi a Spanish captain Antonio de Oro a 1938^[7].

Climate

Laayoune taa la hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), naŋ taa kaabo neŋ Canary pampana,^{[citation needed]} neŋ zie toloŋ naŋ e 21 °C (70 °F).

Climate data for Laayoune (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	32.9 (91.2)	36.7 (98.1)	39.8 (103.6)	41.6 (106.9)	46.2 (115.2)	45.9 (114.6)	46.6 (115.9)	47.0 (116.6)	45.0 (113.0)	42.1 (107.8)	36.9 (98.4)	32.8 (91.0)	47.0 (116.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	22.7 (72.9)	23.6 (74.5)	25.1 (77.2)	25.3 (77.5)	26.3 (79.3)	27.9 (82.2)	29.8 (85.6)	31.0 (87.8)	30.2 (86.4)	28.9 (84.0)	26.2 (79.2)	23.7 (74.7)	26.7 (80.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	17.3 (63.1)	18.1 (64.6)	19.5 (67.1)	20.1 (68.2)	21.3 (70.3)	23.0 (73.4)	24.8 (76.6)	25.7 (78.3)	24.9 (76.8)	23.7 (74.7)	20.9 (69.6)	18.4 (65.1)	21.5 (70.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	11.8 (53.2)	12.8 (55.0)	14.1 (57.4)	15.1 (59.2)	16.3 (61.3)	18.1 (64.6)	19.7 (67.5)	20.4 (68.7)	19.7 (67.5)	18.4 (65.1)	15.6 (60.1)	13.0 (55.4)	16.2 (61.2)
Record low °C (°F)	6.2 (43.2)	6.9 (44.4)	8.9 (48.0)	10.5 (50.9)	12.0 (53.6)	13.6 (56.5)	16.2 (61.2)	16.0 (60.8)	14.0 (57.2)	12.3 (54.1)	8.5 (47.3)	7.0 (44.6)	6.2 (43.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	9.3 (0.37)	8.6 (0.34)	4.6 (0.18)	0.8 (0.03)	0.6 (0.02)	0.2 (0.01)	0.0 (0.0)	0.5 (0.02)	1.6 (0.06)	3.6 (0.14)	8.6 (0.34)	9.8 (0.39)	48.2 (1.90)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	1.6	1.5	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.4	1.5	9.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours	239.1	234.7	281.4	296.5	326.5	308.9	290.3	286.9	260.1	266.1	243.9	229.8	3,264.2
Source: NOAA (sun 1981-2010)