Climate averages 1991–2020
Sétif weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Sétif: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 El Eulma (25 km away). In March its highs average 14.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sétif, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Sétif ranks 55th of 55 for the warmest March highs and joint 40th of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Sétif is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 66 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
Sétif climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 58 | 9.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.5°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 53 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 13.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 61 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 66 | 10.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 57 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 24 | 6.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 11 | 4.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 24 | 7.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 46 | 8.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 51 | 8.4 | 9.710 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
- El Eulma in MarchAlgeria · 25 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in MarchAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Béjaïa in MarchAlgeria · 69 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 76 mm rain
- El Achir in MarchAlgeria · 72 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Jijel in MarchAlgeria · 77 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Barika in MarchAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 23 mm rain
- M'Sila in MarchAlgeria · 95 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Batna in MarchAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 51 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 Sétif) is explained once on the Sétif year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.