Bir el Ater weather in March

In March, Bir el Ater sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 25 mm of precipitation across 4.6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Bir el Ater's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bir el Ater's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 25 mm; 4.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:46 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 12th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical March day in Bir el Ater reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 4°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	5
6	15	5
7	15	5
8	15	5
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	17	6
17	17	6
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	18	7
24	18	7
25	18	7
26	18	7
27	18	7
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	18	8

How March really feels in Bir el Ater

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bir el Ater weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 3°	17	3.7	9.9	3.5
Feb	13° / 3°	13	2.9	10.7	4.4
Mar	17° / 6°	25	4.6	11.7	6.2
Apr	21° / 10°	25	4.4	12.8	7.6
May	26° / 15°	19	4	13.8	7.9
Jun	31° / 19°	9	2.6	14.3	5.5
Jul	34° / 22°	5	1.5	14.1	3.7
Aug	34° / 22°	10	2.9	13.3	4.1
Sep	29° / 18°	24	4.7	12.2	6.8
Oct	23° / 13°	23	4.3	11.1	8.0
Nov	17° / 8°	21	3.8	10.2	6.3
Dec	12° / 4°	15	3.2	9.7	4.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	74	74	74	74	75	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	73	73	73
Cloudier (%)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Bir el Ater gets around 25 mm of rain and snow over 4.6 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 15% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	14
8	14
9	14
10	14
11	14
12	14
13	14
14	14
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	15
22	15
23	15
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	18
31	18

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 14 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:06 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:41 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:24
Sunset (PM)	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:06	6:16
2	11.2	7:04	6:17
3	11.3	7:03	6:18
4	11.3	7:02	6:19
5	11.3	7:00	6:20
6	11.4	6:59	6:21
7	11.4	6:58	6:22
8	11.4	6:56	6:23
9	11.5	6:55	6:23
10	11.5	6:54	6:24
11	11.5	6:52	6:25
12	11.6	6:51	6:26
13	11.6	6:50	6:27
14	11.7	6:48	6:28
15	11.7	6:47	6:28
16	11.7	6:46	6:29
17	11.8	6:44	6:30
18	11.8	6:43	6:31
19	11.8	6:41	6:32
20	11.9	6:40	6:33
21	11.9	6:38	6:33
22	12.0	6:37	6:34
23	12.0	6:36	6:35
24	12.0	6:34	6:36
25	12.1	6:33	6:37
26	12.1	6:31	6:37
27	12.1	6:30	6:38
28	12.2	6:28	6:39
29	12.2	6:27	6:40
30	12.3	6:26	6:41
31	12.3	6:24	6:41

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.67 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 5.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Bir el Ater

In seasonPeak

None of Bir el Ater's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Bir el Ater sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Bir el Ater?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Bir el Ater for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bir el Ater in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Bir el Ater sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Bir el Ater in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bir el Ater peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	7	6	7	9	10	9	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	6	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Bir el Ater in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bir el Ater is worst in April — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	22	26	32	30	31	27	27	27	27	24	22
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bir el Ater?

Bir el Ater sits at 34.7°N, 8.1°E, 889 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Moularès, 34 km away.

Topography around Bir el Ater

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bir el Ater.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bir el Ater has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 883 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 731 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,731 m.

The land around Bir el Ater is covered by bare terrain (49%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, bare terrain (62%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (56%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

177 m

bare terrain 49%

16 km

731 m

bare terrain 62%

80 km

1,731 m

bare terrain 56%

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← February Bir el Ater year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Moularès 34 km · Ar Rudayyif 41 km · Feriana 51 km · Metlaoui 57 km · Cheria 65 km · Tébessa 74 km · Gafsa 75 km · El Ksar 78 km

Algeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,051; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 69%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 468
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bir el Ater (34.7449°, 8.0602°, elevation 889 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	5
6	15	5
7	15	5
8	15	5
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	17	6
17	17	6
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	18	7
24	18	7
25	18	7
26	18	7
27	18	7
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	14
8	14
9	14
10	14
11	14
12	14
13	14
14	14
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	15
22	15
23	15
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	18
31	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	5
6	15	5
7	15	5
8	15	5
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	17	6
17	17	6
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	18	7
24	18	7
25	18	7
26	18	7
27	18	7
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	14
8	14
9	14
10	14
11	14
12	14
13	14
14	14
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	15
22	15
23	15
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	18
31	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	5
6	15	5
7	15	5
8	15	5
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	17	6
17	17	6
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	18	7
24	18	7
25	18	7
26	18	7
27	18	7
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	14
8	14
9	14
10	14
11	14
12	14
13	14
14	14
15	14
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	15
22	15
23	15
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	18
31	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100