Climate averages 1991–2020
Oran weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Oran: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Sidi Bel Abbes (57 km away). In March its highs average 18.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Oran, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Oran ranks 26th of 55 for the warmest March highs and 26th of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Oran is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 35 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
Oran climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 51 | 8.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 17.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 43 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 35 | 5.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 19 | 3.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 14.515 h |
| July | 29.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 14 | 2.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 31 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 63 | 8.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 47 | 7.0 | 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
- Sidi Bel Abbes in MarchAlgeria · 57 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in MarchAlgeria · 64 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Mostaganem in MarchAlgeria · 70 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Mascara in MarchAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 6.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Relizane in MarchAlgeria · 108 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Tlemcen in MarchAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Saïda in MarchAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Maghnia in MarchAlgeria · 137 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 55 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 Oran) is explained once on the Oran year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.