Climate averages 1991–2020
Tamanghasset weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Tamanghasset: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arlit (490 km away). In March its highs average 34.8°C, 9.1°C warmer than Tamanghasset, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Tamanghasset ranks 1st of 55 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 55 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 55 cities is 17.9°C; Tamanghasset is 7.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.6 mm to under 1 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
Tamanghasset climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 22.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 25.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 2.7 | 0.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 35.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| July | 35.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 34.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 5.2 | 1.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 33.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 1.8 | 0.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 10.811 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
- Arlit in MarchNiger · 490 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Agadez in MarchNiger · 696 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- El Oued in MarchAlgeria · 1183 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Djelfa in MarchAlgeria · 1340 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 3.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Biskra in MarchAlgeria · 1342 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Batna in MarchAlgeria · 1421 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Tébessa in MarchAlgeria · 1426 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Sétif in MarchAlgeria · 1491 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 61 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 Tamanghasset) is explained once on the Tamanghasset year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.