Climate averages 1991–2020
Khenifra weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Khenifra: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Ifrane (83 km away). In March its highs average 13.8°C, 5.2°C cooler than Khenifra, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Khenifra ranks joint 45th of 56 for the warmest March highs and 49th of 56 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 56 cities is 20.4°C; Khenifra is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 56 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
Khenifra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 66 | 6.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 16.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 60 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 19.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 67 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 56 | 7.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 43 | 7.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 17 | 4.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 36.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 11 | 4.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 35.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 14 | 5.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.1°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 45 | 5.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 76 | 7.0 | 10.510 h |
| December | 15.9°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 66 | 6.5 | 10.010 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
- Ifrane in MarchMorocco · 83 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Oued Zem in MarchMorocco · 86 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in MarchMorocco · 93 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Khemisset in MarchMorocco · 106 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Meknes in MarchMorocco · 107 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in MarchMorocco · 107 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Khouribga in MarchMorocco · 116 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Tiflet in MarchMorocco · 122 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 51 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 Khenifra) is explained once on the Khenifra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.