Climate averages 1991–2020
Algiers weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Algiers: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bab Ezzouar (9 km away). In March its highs average 18.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Algiers, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Algiers ranks 28th of 55 for the warmest March highs and joint 42nd of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Algiers is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 61 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
Algiers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 81 | 11.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 68 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 17.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 61 | 8.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 43 | 5.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 6.9 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 7.4 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 27 | 5.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 58 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 89 | 11.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 80 | 9.9 | 9.710 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
- Bab Ezzouar in MarchAlgeria · 9 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Rouiba in MarchAlgeria · 17 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Beni Mered in MarchAlgeria · 31 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Blida in MarchAlgeria · 37 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Médéa in MarchAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in MarchAlgeria · 85 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Khemis Miliana in MarchAlgeria · 94 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in MarchAlgeria · 143 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 Algiers) is explained once on the Algiers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.