Climate averages 1991–2020
Maghnia weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Maghnia: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month 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 Oujda (25 km away). In March its highs average 18.8°C, about as warm as Maghnia, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Maghnia ranks 12th of 55 for the warmest March highs and 37th of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Maghnia is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 48 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
Maghnia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 48 | 8.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 45 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 19.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 55 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 48 | 7.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 37 | 5.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 14 | 2.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 8.2 | 2.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 24 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 38 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 50 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.2°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 36 | 6.3 | 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
- Oujda in MarchMorocco · 25 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Tlemcen in MarchAlgeria · 38 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Berkane in MarchMorocco · 55 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in MarchAlgeria · 73 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in MarchAlgeria · 107 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Nador in MarchMorocco · 115 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Taourirt in MarchMorocco · 118 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Melilla in MarchSpain · 121 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 42 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 Maghnia) is explained once on the Maghnia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.