Morocco is one of the countries with the longest Atlantic coastline. Moreover, its location offers a great diversity of landscapes. Its long Atlantic coast ends beyond the Strait of Gibraltar on the Mediterranean. To the south lies the disputed territory of Western Sahara, largely claimed and controlled by Morocco.
The Moroccan climate is primarily Mediterranean, with an influence of Atlantic currents in the plains, featuring a dry and hot season combined with a cold and wet season, with the end of the hot period marked by the October rains.
The presence of the sea moderates temperature variations, tempers the seasons, and increases air humidity (400 to 1000 mm of rainfall along the coastline). In the interior, the climate varies depending on altitude. Summers are hot and dry, especially when the scorching sirocco or chergui wind, a summer wind coming from the Sahara, blows.
The administrative and political capital is Rabat. The economic capital and the largest city in the country is Casablanca.
The seven largest cities in Morocco, in order, are Casablanca, Fès, Tangier, Marrakech, Salé, Meknès, and Rabat.
