Climate averages 1991–2020

Souk Ahras weather
in March.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 16.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 5.1°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 68 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Souk Ahras · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Souk Ahras: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Guelma (51 km away). In March its highs average 17.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Souk Ahras, with 73 mm of rain.

Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Souk Ahras ranks 42nd of 55 for the warmest March highs and 48th of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Souk Ahras is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 68 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Souk Ahras climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Souk Ahras, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.2°C2.8°C2.8°C5910.310.010 h
February 12.8°C2.9°C2.9°C539.510.811 h
March, selected 16.0°C5.1°C5.1°C6811.011.912 h
April 19.3°C7.6°C7.6°C6811.113.113 h
May 24.1°C11.3°C11.3°C589.814.114 h
June 29.3°C15.6°C15.6°C285.914.615 h
July 33.4°C18.7°C18.7°C113.414.414 h
August 33.4°C19.3°C19.3°C276.413.514 h
September 28.2°C16.3°C16.3°C489.912.412 h
October 23.5°C12.5°C12.5°C548.611.311 h
November 17.1°C7.6°C7.6°C548.610.310 h
December 13.1°C4.2°C4.2°C539.39.710 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

Distance from Souk Ahras

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Souk Ahras) is explained once on the Souk Ahras year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.