Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakhla weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Dakhla: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nouadhibou (325 km away). In March its highs average 23.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Dakhla, with 1.6 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Western Sahara, Dakhla ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 2 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 2 cities is 23.9°C; Dakhla is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.2 mm to 1.3 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
Dakhla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| February | 22.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 23.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 3.2 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 25.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| July | 26.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| August | 28.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 5.5 | 0.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 3.4 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 4.7 | 0.5 | 10.711 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
- Nouadhibou in MarchMauritania · 325 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in MarchSpain · 472 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Laayoune in MarchWestern Sahara · 474 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Telde in MarchSpain · 482 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in MarchSpain · 494 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Arona in MarchSpain · 496 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in MarchSpain · 533 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Nouakchott in MarchMauritania · 623 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.3 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 Dakhla) is explained once on the Dakhla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.