Climate averages 1991–2020
Saïda weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Saïda: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 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 Mascara (63 km away). In March its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Saïda, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Saïda ranks joint 31st of 55 for the warmest March highs and joint 28th of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Saïda is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 44 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
Saïda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 39 | 8.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.1°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 37 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 17.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 46 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 44 | 8.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 38 | 6.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 20 | 4.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 11 | 3.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 34.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 17 | 5.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 35 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.9°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 41 | 6.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 13.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 30 | 7.1 | 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
- Mascara in MarchAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 6.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in MarchAlgeria · 82 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Relizane in MarchAlgeria · 107 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Oran in MarchAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Tiaret in MarchAlgeria · 122 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Mostaganem in MarchAlgeria · 123 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in MarchAlgeria · 129 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Sougueur in MarchAlgeria · 129 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 Saïda) is explained once on the Saïda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.