Climate averages 1991–2020
Melilla weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th 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 Melilla: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 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 Nador (14 km away). In March its highs average 19.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Melilla, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Melilla ranks 16th of 93 for the warmest March highs and joint 45th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Melilla is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 33 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
Melilla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 37 | 7.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 35 | 6.3 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 18.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 42 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 33 | 5.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 21 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 7.3 | 1.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 29.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 6.5 | 1.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 25 | 3.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 43 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 17.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 32 | 6.0 | 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
- Nador in MarchMorocco · 14 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Berkane in MarchMorocco · 70 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Al Hoceïma in MarchMorocco · 91 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Taourirt in MarchMorocco · 99 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Oujda in MarchMorocco · 116 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Maghnia in MarchAlgeria · 121 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Guercif in MarchMorocco · 125 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Tlemcen in MarchAlgeria · 155 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 58 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 Melilla) is explained once on the Melilla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Nador lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.