Climate averages 1991–2020
Batna weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Batna: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th 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 Barika (76 km away). In March its highs average 18.5°C, 3.5°C warmer than Batna, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Batna ranks joint 46th of 55 for the warmest March highs and 32nd of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Batna is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 54 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
Batna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 38 | 7.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.4°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 31 | 7.2 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 15.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 51 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 9.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.7°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 57 | 9.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 28 | 6.8 | 14.515 h |
| July | 32.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 16 | 5.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 32.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 26 | 7.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 46 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 38 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 34 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 34 | 6.3 | 9.810 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
- Barika in MarchAlgeria · 76 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 23 mm rain
- El Eulma in MarchAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Biskra in MarchAlgeria · 88 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Khenchela in MarchAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 38 mm rain
- El Khroub in MarchAlgeria · 92 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Constantine in MarchAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Sétif in MarchAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in MarchAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 39 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 Batna) is explained once on the Batna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.