Climate averages 1991–2020
El Kelaa des Srarhna weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the wettest 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 El Kelaa des Srarhna: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ben Guerir (55 km away). In March its highs average 21.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than El Kelaa des Srarhna, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, El Kelaa des Srarhna ranks 8th of 56 for the warmest March highs and joint 20th of 56 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 56 cities is 20.4°C; El Kelaa des Srarhna is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 33 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
El Kelaa des Srarhna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 29 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 28 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 22.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 39 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 33 | 5.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 19 | 4.4 | 13.814 h |
| June | 33.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 8.0 | 2.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 36.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 6.1 | 2.6 | 14.014 h |
| August | 36.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 4.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 34 | 4.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.6°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 27 | 4.7 | 10.110 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
- Ben Guerir in MarchMorocco · 55 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 9.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Marrakesh in MarchMorocco · 72 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in MarchMorocco · 84 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Khouribga in MarchMorocco · 104 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in MarchMorocco · 105 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Settat in MarchMorocco · 107 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Youssoufia in MarchMorocco · 108 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Oued Zem in MarchMorocco · 120 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.7°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 El Kelaa des Srarhna) is explained once on the El Kelaa des Srarhna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.