Râs el Aïoun weather in March

In March, Râs el Aïoun sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 7.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 Râs el Aïoun's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Râs el Aïoun's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 40 mm; 7.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:55 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 9th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

← February Râs el Aïoun year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical March day in Râs el Aïoun reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How March really feels in Râs el Aïoun

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.

Râs el Aïoun weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 2°	31	6.7	2.2	9.9	2.5
Feb	11° / 2°	26	6.3	2	10.6	3.2
Mar	15° / 4°	40	7.7	0.8	11.7	4.8
Apr	18° / 7°	45	7.9	0.2	12.9	6.3
May	24° / 11°	43	7.3	0	13.9	7.5
Jun	29° / 16°	17	4.8	0	14.4	6.3
Jul	33° / 19°	10	3.6	0	14.2	4.2
Aug	32° / 19°	18	5.2	0	13.3	4.6
Sep	27° / 15°	34	6.9	0	12.2	7.1
Oct	21° / 11°	28	5.4	0	11.1	7.5
Nov	15° / 6°	29	5.4	0.1	10.1	5.1
Dec	11° / 3°	27	6	1.3	9.6	3.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

	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 (%)	59	58	58	57	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	57	57	58	59	60	60	62	62	63	63	64	64	63	63	64	63	63	62	62	62
Cloudier (%)	41	42	42	43	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	43	43	42	41	40	40	38	38	37	37	36	36	37	37	36	37	37	38	38	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Râs el Aïoun gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 7.7 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 25% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26
Snow chance (%)	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 10 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 7:16 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:51 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	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	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)	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:16	6:25
2	11.2	7:15	6:26
3	11.2	7:13	6:27
4	11.3	7:12	6:28
5	11.3	7:11	6:29
6	11.3	7:09	6:30
7	11.4	7:08	6:31
8	11.4	7:07	6:32
9	11.5	7:05	6:33
10	11.5	7:04	6:33
11	11.5	7:03	6:34
12	11.6	7:01	6:35
13	11.6	7:00	6:36
14	11.6	6:58	6:37
15	11.7	6:57	6:38
16	11.7	6:55	6:39
17	11.8	6:54	6:40
18	11.8	6:53	6:40
19	11.8	6:51	6:41
20	11.9	6:50	6:42
21	11.9	6:48	6:43
22	12.0	6:47	6:44
23	12.0	6:45	6:45
24	12.0	6:44	6:46
25	12.1	6:42	6:46
26	12.1	6:41	6:47
27	12.1	6:39	6:48
28	12.2	6:38	6:49
29	12.2	6:36	6:50
30	12.3	6:35	6:51
31	12.3	6:33	6:51

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.52 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 5.15 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.0	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	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Râs el Aïoun

In seasonPeak

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

Râs el Aïoun sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

Dust

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May

Jun

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Râs el Aïoun?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Râs el Aïoun for sightseeing.

What to pack for Râs el Aïoun in March

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

In March, Râs el Aïoun sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Râs el Aïoun in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Râs el Aïoun peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (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	6	7	8	9	10	8	8	6	4	2
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	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Râs el Aïoun 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 Râs el Aïoun is worst in September — 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)	25	26	28	30	29	29	27	29	32	30	25	25
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	30	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	25	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Râs el Aïoun?

Râs el Aïoun sits at 35.7°N, 5.6°E, 862 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is N’Gaous, 14 km away.

Topography around Râs el Aïoun

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Râs el Aïoun has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m around an average of 891 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,248 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,097 m.

The land around Râs el Aïoun is covered by cropland (59%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

264 m

cropland 59%

16 km

1,248 m

grassland 46%

80 km

2,097 m

cropland 38%

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← February Râs el Aïoun year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: N’Gaous 14 km · ’Aïn Azel 20 km · Merouana 25 km · Salah Bey 38 km · Aïn Touta 40 km · Barika 41 km · Aïn Oulmene 42 km · Batna 50 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 Râs el Aïoun (35.6738°, 5.6453°, elevation 862 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	13	3
2	13	3
3	13	3
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	13	3
7	14	3
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	4
13	14	4
14	15	4
15	15	4
16	15	4
17	15	4
18	15	4
19	15	4
20	15	5
21	16	5
22	16	5
23	16	5
24	16	5
25	16	5
26	16	5
27	16	5
28	16	5
29	16	5
30	16	5
31	16	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

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

	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