Climate averages 1991–2020
Skikda weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Skikda: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Constantine (63 km away). In March its highs average 16.5°C, about as warm as Skikda, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Skikda ranks joint 36th of 55 for the warmest March highs and 52nd of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Skikda is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 54 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
Skikda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 113 | 12.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 94 | 11.7 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 75 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 54 | 8.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 34 | 5.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 7.5 | 1.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 34 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 66 | 8.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 116 | 13.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 121 | 12.7 | 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
- Constantine in MarchAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Guelma in MarchAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 73 mm rain
- El Khroub in MarchAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Annaba in MarchAlgeria · 76 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Jijel in MarchAlgeria · 102 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in MarchAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in MarchAlgeria · 128 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 39 mm rain
- El Eulma in MarchAlgeria · 135 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 58 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 Skikda) is explained once on the Skikda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.