Zeribet el Oued weather in March

In March, Zeribet el Oued sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 16 mm of rain across 2.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% 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 Zeribet el Oued's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zeribet el Oued's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
8th warmest
Overnight low
11°
4th coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:52 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
34%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical March day in Zeribet el Oued reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 4°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Zeribet el Oued

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Zeribet el Oued weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 132.49.96.3
Feb18° / 82.110.77.4
Mar22° / 11°162.811.78.3
Apr26° / 15°173.212.88.1
May32° / 20°9213.85.3
Jun37° / 25°3114.32.1
Jul40° / 28°20.214.10.2
Aug39° / 28°5113.30.8
Sep34° / 23°142.512.23.9
Oct28° / 18°132.311.17.4
Nov21° / 11°122.310.28.2
Dec17° / 102.39.76.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Zeribet el Oued gets around 16 mm of rain over 2.8 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 7:12 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:126:23
211.27:106:24
311.37:096:24
411.37:086:25
511.37:076:26
611.47:056:27
711.47:046:28
811.47:036:29
911.57:016:30
1011.57:006:31
1111.56:596:31
1211.66:576:32
1311.66:566:33
1411.76:546:34
1511.76:536:35
1611.76:526:36
1711.86:506:36
1811.86:496:37
1911.86:476:38
2011.96:466:39
2111.96:456:40
2212.06:436:40
2312.06:426:41
2412.06:406:42
2512.16:396:43
2612.16:376:44
2712.16:366:44
2812.26:356:45
2912.26:336:46
3012.36:326:47
3112.36:306:48

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Zeribet el Oued

In seasonPeak

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

Zeribet el Oued sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Mar
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Jul
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Sep
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Is March a good time to visit Zeribet el Oued?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Zeribet el Oued for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Zeribet el Oued in March

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

In March, Zeribet el Oued sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Zeribet el Oued 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 Zeribet el Oued peaks around June 20 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 20UV 9Dec 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Zeribet el Oued 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 Zeribet el Oued is worst in June — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 18 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJun 1643 µg/m³Dec 1619 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr38Poor
May37Poor
Jun44Poor
Jul37Poor
Aug35Poor
Sep34Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Zeribet el Oued?

Zeribet el Oued sits at 34.7°N, 6.5°E, 47 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Sidi Okba, 56 km away.

Topography around Zeribet el Oued

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zeribet el Oued has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 280 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,333 m.

The land around Zeribet el Oued is covered by bare terrain (75%) within 3 km, bare terrain (87%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
280 m
80 km
2,333 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
March weather nearby: Sidi Okba 56 km · Arris 66 km · Biskra 74 km · Tazoult-Lambese 92 km · Aïn Touta 95 km · El Meghaïer 98 km · Kaïs 98 km · Khenchela 102 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
Muslim 99%

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 Zeribet el Oued (34.6828°, 6.5111°, elevation 47 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).