Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouarzazate weather
in March.
A mild, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Ouarzazate: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marrakesh (132 km away). In March its highs average 22.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Ouarzazate, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Ouarzazate ranks joint 18th of 56 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 56 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 56 cities is 20.4°C; Ouarzazate is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 3.9 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
Ouarzazate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 8.6 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 13 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 21.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 12 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 3.9 | 0.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 14.114 h |
| July | 36.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 7.3 | 1.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 15 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 9.0 | 1.9 | 10.210 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
- Marrakesh in MarchMorocco · 132 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 40 mm rain
- El Kelaa des Srarhna in MarchMorocco · 135 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in MarchMorocco · 166 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in MarchMorocco · 177 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Ben Guerir in MarchMorocco · 178 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 9.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Taroudant in MarchMorocco · 196 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Youssoufia in MarchMorocco · 214 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Khouribga in MarchMorocco · 218 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 49 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 Ouarzazate) is explained once on the Ouarzazate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.