Climate averages 1991–2020
Fes weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Fes: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sefrou (27 km away). In March its highs average 18.2°C, 1.7°C cooler than Fes, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Fes ranks joint 37th of 56 for the warmest March highs and joint 46th of 56 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 56 cities is 20.4°C; Fes is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 62 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
Fes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 55 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 55 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 19.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 62 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 62 | 8.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 16 | 3.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 35.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.1 | 1.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 35.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 7.3 | 2.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 29 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 58 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 65 | 8.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 7.9 | 9.910 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
- Sefrou in MarchMorocco · 27 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Meknes in MarchMorocco · 53 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Ifrane in MarchMorocco · 57 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Sidi Kacem in MarchMorocco · 68 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Sidi Slimane in MarchMorocco · 89 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Taza in MarchMorocco · 93 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Khemisset in MarchMorocco · 101 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Souk El Arbaa in MarchMorocco · 117 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 65 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 Fes) is explained once on the Fes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.