Errachidia weather in March

In March, Errachidia sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°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 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Errachidia's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Errachidia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 11 mm; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:35 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 6.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Errachidia is City in Morocco.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical March day in Errachidia reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 24°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)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10

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

How March really feels in Errachidia

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.

Errachidia weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 3°	10	1.7	0.6	10.1	5.3
Feb	16° / 5°	13	2.2	0.5	10.8	6.4
Mar	20° / 8°	11	2.6	0	11.8	7.8
Apr	24° / 11°	9	2.1	0	12.8	8.6
May	28° / 15°	11	2.2	0	13.6	7.4
Jun	33° / 20°	5	1.5	0	14	4.5
Jul	37° / 23°	2	0.3	0	13.9	2.2
Aug	36° / 23°	3	0.8	0	13.2	2.9
Sep	31° / 19°	9	2.1	0	12.2	5.8
Oct	25° / 14°	20	2.8	0	11.2	8.3
Nov	18° / 8°	15	2.3	0	10.4	7.4
Dec	15° / 4°	7	1.8	0.3	10	5.7

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 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	82	81	81	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	78	79	79	79	79	79	78	78
Cloudier (%)	18	19	19	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Errachidia gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.6 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 8% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9

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

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 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	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	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 60 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:30 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)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15
Sunset (PM)	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:53	6:09
2	11.3	6:52	6:10
3	11.3	6:51	6:10
4	11.4	6:50	6:11
5	11.4	6:48	6:12
6	11.4	6:47	6:13
7	11.5	6:46	6:14
8	11.5	6:45	6:14
9	11.5	6:43	6:15
10	11.6	6:42	6:16
11	11.6	6:41	6:16
12	11.6	6:40	6:17
13	11.7	6:38	6:18
14	11.7	6:37	6:19
15	11.7	6:36	6:19
16	11.8	6:35	6:20
17	11.8	6:33	6:21
18	11.8	6:32	6:21
19	11.9	6:31	6:22
20	11.9	6:29	6:23
21	11.9	6:28	6:24
22	12.0	6:27	6:24
23	12.0	6:25	6:25
24	12.0	6:24	6:26
25	12.1	6:23	6:26
26	12.1	6:22	6:27
27	12.1	6:20	6:28
28	12.2	6:19	6:28
29	12.2	6:18	6:29
30	12.2	6:16	6:30
31	12.3	6:15	6:30

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.44 kWh/m² to a high of 7.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 6.09 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)	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.6	Intense
29	6.6	Intense
30	6.6	Intense
31	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Errachidia

In seasonPeak

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

Errachidia sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Errachidia?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Errachidia for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Errachidia in March

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

In March, Errachidia sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Errachidia in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Errachidia peaks around August 10 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	9	10	9	11	11	11	10	8	4	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Errachidia 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 Errachidia is worst in August — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.7× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	9	16	18	27	25	25	32	35	27	16	9	6
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	35	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	9	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Errachidia?

Errachidia sits at 31.9°N, 4.4°W, 1,039 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Rich, 37 km away.

Topography around Errachidia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Errachidia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 1,031 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 937 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,987 m.

The land around Errachidia is covered by bare terrain (43%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (91%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (85%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

bare terrain 43%

16 km

937 m

bare terrain 91%

80 km

2,987 m

bare terrain 85%

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← February Errachidia year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Rich 37 km · Goulmima 56 km · Arfoud 58 km · Reçani 74 km · Moulay Ali Cherif 74 km · Midelt 89 km · Merzouga 100 km · Boumia 109 km

Morocco travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,672; 2025
Happiness: 4.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 80%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 17; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 492
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 Errachidia (31.9314°, -4.4266°, elevation 1,039 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	18	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	9
23	21	9
24	21	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	22	9
30	22	9
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	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