The city of Ifran in the north of Morocco in North Africa with a population of about 15,000 people is considered the coldest on the mainland. For six months, Ifran is covered with snow, writes Daily Express.

The French founded the modern city high in the Atlas mountains in 1929 so that European colonialists could find refuge from summer heat in the plains of Morocco. The resort city has also become a popular place to teach mining.

Houses in Ifran are built in a traditional European style and resemble the suburbs of France. In Ifran, there is a natural lake Iffer, surrounded by a variety of vegetation, consisting mainly of evergreen oak, Aleppo pine and juniper.

The city is dominated by the continental Mediterranean climate with hot and rather short summer. Winter is long, cool and wet, and nights can be very cold.

Due to the height of the city and the proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, precipitation falls very abundant from October to April. The city also has a lot of snow from October and until the beginning of spring.

The average annual temperature does not exceed 11 ° C. In 1935, Ifraran set a record for the lowest temperature in Africa and the Arab world: the thermometer has fallen to the column? 23.9 ° C..

Focus already wrote how for the first time in 50 years it was snowing in Morocco. The height of the snow cover in some areas reached half a meter.

The weather suddenly changes in Ukraine: real winter with snowfalls is expected on February 5 and 6. Air temperature can drop to -8 degrees.