Climate averages 1991–2020
El Oued weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 10th 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 El Oued: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry 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 Touggourt (79 km away). In March its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as El Oued, with 6.6 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, El Oued ranks joint 5th 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; El Oued is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.0 mm to 7.6 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
El Oued climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 9.9 | 1.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 22.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 8.0 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 7.6 | 1.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 32.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 36.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 1.2 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 39.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| August | 39.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 34.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 5.7 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 8.3 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 16.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 6.8 | 1.6 | 10.010 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
- Touggourt in MarchAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in MarchAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Biskra in MarchAlgeria · 196 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Ouargla in MarchAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Rouissat in MarchAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Gafsa in MarchTunisia · 213 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Khenchela in MarchAlgeria · 233 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Feriana in MarchTunisia · 236 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 25 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 El Oued) is explained once on the El Oued year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.