Climate averages 1991–2020
Constantine weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Constantine: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 El Khroub (13 km away). In March its highs average 16.7°C, about as warm as Constantine, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Constantine ranks 40th of 55 for the warmest March highs and 31st of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Constantine is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 52 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
Constantine climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 50 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 52 | 9.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 48 | 7.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 19 | 5.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 34.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.8 | 3.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 19 | 5.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 31 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 36 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 38 | 6.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 44 | 7.5 | 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
- El Khroub in MarchAlgeria · 13 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Skikda in MarchAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Guelma in MarchAlgeria · 73 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 73 mm rain
- El Eulma in MarchAlgeria · 86 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Jijel in MarchAlgeria · 91 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in MarchAlgeria · 94 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Batna in MarchAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Sétif in MarchAlgeria · 109 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 61 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 Constantine) is explained once on the Constantine year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.