Climate averages 1991–2020
Aflou weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Aflou: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (78 km away). In March its highs average 19.3°C, 4.7°C warmer than Aflou, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Aflou ranks joint 52nd of 55 for the warmest March highs and joint 11th of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Aflou is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aflou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 18 | 4.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.7°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 19 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 14.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 23 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 30 | 5.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 25 | 5.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 15 | 4.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 8.5 | 2.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 32.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 15 | 5.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 38 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 32 | 5.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 16 | 3.6 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Laghouat in MarchAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 12 mm rain
- El Bayadh in MarchAlgeria · 111 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Djelfa in MarchAlgeria · 123 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 3.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Messaad in MarchAlgeria · 129 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Sougueur in MarchAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Hassi Bahbah in MarchAlgeria · 136 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Tiaret in MarchAlgeria · 157 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in MarchAlgeria · 166 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 24 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aflou) is explained once on the Aflou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.