Climate averages 1991–2020
Mascara 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 Mascara: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet 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 Relizane (53 km away). In March its highs average 20.3°C, 2.4°C warmer than Mascara, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Mascara ranks 25th of 55 for the warmest March highs and joint 33rd of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Mascara is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 47 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
Mascara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 48 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 46 | 8.4 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 17.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 52 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 47 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 32 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 8.4 | 2.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 34.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 34.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 7.5 | 1.6 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 23 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 34 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 54 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 7.5 | 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
- Relizane in MarchAlgeria · 53 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Mostaganem in MarchAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Saïda in MarchAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in MarchAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Oran in MarchAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Tiaret in MarchAlgeria · 107 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in MarchAlgeria · 117 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Sougueur in MarchAlgeria · 125 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 47 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 Mascara) is explained once on the Mascara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.