Climate averages 1991–2020
Khenchela weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry 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 cool month in Khenchela: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 11th 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 Aïn Beïda (46 km away). In March its highs average 14.8°C, 0.5°C warmer than Khenchela, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Khenchela ranks 54th of 55 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Khenchela is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 43 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
Khenchela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 33 | 6.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.8°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 27 | 6.4 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 14.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 38 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 43 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 37 | 7.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 20 | 4.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 32.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 10 | 3.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 18 | 5.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 31 | 7.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 31 | 5.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 28 | 5.7 | 9.810 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
- Aïn Beïda in MarchAlgeria · 46 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Batna in MarchAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Tébessa in MarchAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 41 mm rain
- El Khroub in MarchAlgeria · 101 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in MarchAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Constantine in MarchAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Guelma in MarchAlgeria · 117 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in MarchAlgeria · 119 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 68 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 Khenchela) is explained once on the Khenchela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.