Climate averages 1991–2020

Souk El Arbaa weather
in March.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.8°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 9.7°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 65 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Souk El Arbaa · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Souk El Arbaa: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 8th 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 Ksar El Kebir (36 km away). In March its highs average 20.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Souk El Arbaa, with 76 mm of rain.

Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Souk El Arbaa ranks joint 22nd of 56 for the warmest March highs and 48th of 56 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 56 cities is 20.4°C; Souk El Arbaa is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 57 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Souk El Arbaa climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Souk El Arbaa, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.6°C7.1°C7.1°C718.110.110 h
February 18.1°C7.8°C7.8°C607.510.911 h
March, selected 20.8°C9.7°C9.7°C657.711.912 h
April 22.4°C11.3°C11.3°C578.213.013 h
May 26.0°C14.0°C14.0°C346.014.014 h
June 29.8°C17.0°C17.0°C8.61.714.414 h
July 32.7°C19.0°C19.0°C0.80.314.214 h
August 33.0°C19.6°C19.6°C2.00.513.513 h
September 29.7°C18.2°C18.2°C243.412.412 h
October 26.1°C15.5°C15.5°C657.111.311 h
November 20.7°C11.2°C11.2°C828.310.410 h
December 17.7°C8.7°C8.7°C848.79.910 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

Distance from Souk El Arbaa

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Souk El Arbaa) is explained once on the Souk El Arbaa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.