Climate averages 1991–2020
Bir el Ater weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Bir el Ater: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (51 km away). In March its highs average 17.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Bir el Ater, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Bir el Ater ranks 41st of 55 for the warmest March highs and joint 16th of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Bir el Ater is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 25 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
Bir el Ater climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 13 | 2.9 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 16.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.3°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 25 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 19 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 8.9 | 2.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 10 | 2.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 24 | 4.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 21 | 3.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 15 | 3.2 | 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
- Feriana in MarchTunisia · 51 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Tébessa in MarchAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Gafsa in MarchTunisia · 75 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Kasserine in MarchTunisia · 85 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Khenchela in MarchAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in MarchAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in MarchAlgeria · 172 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 68 mm rain
- El Oued in MarchAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.0 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 Bir el Ater) is explained once on the Bir el Ater year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.