Climate averages 1991–2020
Béchar weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Béchar: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Errachidia (212 km away). In March its highs average 20.9°C, 1.5°C cooler than Béchar, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Béchar ranks 4th of 55 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Béchar is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.0 mm to 4.3 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
Béchar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 7.8 | 2.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 18.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 22.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 8.0 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 3.1 | 0.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 36.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 40.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 39.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 9.9 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 14 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 6.9 | 1.3 | 10.110 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
- Errachidia in MarchMorocco · 212 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Guercif in MarchMorocco · 309 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Taourirt in MarchMorocco · 317 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Taza in MarchMorocco · 333 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Oujda in MarchMorocco · 342 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Ifrane in MarchMorocco · 344 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Sefrou in MarchMorocco · 347 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Khenifra in MarchMorocco · 355 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 67 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 Béchar) is explained once on the Béchar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.