Climate averages 1991–2020
Tangier weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Tangier: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fnidek (41 km away). In March its highs average 16.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Tangier, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Tangier ranks 51st 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; Tangier is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 50 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
Tangier climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 72 | 8.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 16.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 63 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 18.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 62 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 50 | 7.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 29 | 6.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 26 | 3.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 65 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 81 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 88 | 9.2 | 9.810 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
- Fnidek in MarchMorocco · 41 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Tétouan in MarchMorocco · 44 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Martil in MarchMorocco · 50 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Algeciras in MarchSpain · 51 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Gibraltar in MarchGibraltar · 58 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Larache in MarchMorocco · 72 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in MarchSpain · 79 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Ksar El Kebir in MarchMorocco · 86 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 76 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 Tangier) is explained once on the Tangier year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.