Climate averages 1991–2020
Msaken weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 10th 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 Msaken: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 10th 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 Sousse (12 km away). In March its highs average 20.3°C, about as warm as Msaken, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Msaken ranks 3rd of 22 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 18.9°C; Msaken is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 25 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
Msaken climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 28 | 4.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 17.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 24 | 4.8 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 20.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 37 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 25 | 5.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 17 | 3.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 7.0 | 1.6 | 14.515 h |
| July | 35.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 9.9 | 1.9 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 41 | 5.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 39 | 6.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 17.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 4.6 | 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
- Sousse in MarchTunisia · 12 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Monastir in MarchTunisia · 23 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Kairouan in MarchTunisia · 44 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Hammamet in MarchTunisia · 75 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Nabeul in MarchTunisia · 82 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in MarchTunisia · 106 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Sfax in MarchTunisia · 111 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 22 mm rain
- El Mourouj in MarchTunisia · 114 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 46 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 Msaken) is explained once on the Msaken year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.