Climate averages 1991–2020
Jijel weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Jijel: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Béjaïa (61 km away). In March its highs average 17.1°C, about as warm as Jijel, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Jijel ranks joint 33rd of 55 for the warmest March highs and 55th of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Jijel is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 88 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
Jijel climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 128 | 13.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 111 | 13.0 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 17.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 96 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 88 | 10.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 62 | 8.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 18 | 3.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 16 | 2.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 87 | 10.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 127 | 13.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 136 | 13.4 | 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
- Béjaïa in MarchAlgeria · 61 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 76 mm rain
- El Eulma in MarchAlgeria · 75 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Sétif in MarchAlgeria · 77 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Constantine in MarchAlgeria · 91 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Skikda in MarchAlgeria · 102 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 75 mm rain
- El Khroub in MarchAlgeria · 104 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in MarchAlgeria · 122 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 41 mm rain
- El Achir in MarchAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 41 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 Jijel) is explained once on the Jijel year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.