Kelaat Mgouna weather in March

In March, Kelaat Mgouna sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 19 mm of precipitation across 3.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-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 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 Kelaat Mgouna's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kelaat Mgouna's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
19 mm
3.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:41 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
35%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

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 Kelaat Mgouna reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 4°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1153
2153
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How March really feels in Kelaat Mgouna

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.

Kelaat Mgouna weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 142.41.710.24.0
Feb13° / 213.21.210.94.7
Mar16° / 193.70.611.86.4
Apr20° / 102.5012.77.9
May24° / 12°92.1013.68.5
Jun29° / 17°71.80147.0
Jul32° / 20°30.7013.85.0
Aug31° / 19°61.8013.15.6
Sep27° / 15°132.7012.27.9
Oct21° / 11°273.9011.27.8
Nov16° / 202.90.410.46.1
Dec13° / 132.70.8104.4

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.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18218
28218
38119
48119
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Kelaat Mgouna gets around 19 mm of rain and snow over 3.7 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 12% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1113
2113
3113
4113
5112
6112
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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 (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 9 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
179calm
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259calm
269calm
279calm
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309calm
319calm

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 6:59 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:596:16
211.36:586:17
311.36:576:18
411.46:566:19
511.46:556:19
611.46:546:20
711.56:526:21
811.56:516:21
911.56:506:22
1011.66:496:23
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1211.66:466:24
1311.76:456:25
1411.76:446:26
1511.76:436:26
1611.86:416:27
1711.86:406:28
1811.86:396:28
1911.96:376:29
2011.96:366:30
2111.96:356:30
2212.06:346:31
2312.06:326:32
2412.06:316:32
2512.16:306:33
2612.16:286:34
2712.16:276:34
2812.26:266:35
2912.26:256:36
3012.26:236:36
3112.36:226:37

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 8.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 6.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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35.7Bright
45.7Bright
55.8Bright
65.8Bright
75.8Bright
85.9Bright
95.9Bright
105.9Bright
116.0Bright
126.0Intense
136.0Intense
146.1Intense
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176.2Intense
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216.3Intense
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246.5Intense
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276.6Intense
286.6Intense
296.7Intense
306.7Intense
316.7Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Kelaat Mgouna

In seasonPeak

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

Kelaat Mgouna sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Is March a good time to visit Kelaat Mgouna?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
1.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Kelaat Mgouna for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kelaat Mgouna in March

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

In March, Kelaat Mgouna sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Kelaat Mgouna 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 Kelaat Mgouna peaks around August 10 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highExtremeVery highModerateAug 10UV 11Dec 16UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar9Very high
Apr10Extreme
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Kelaat Mgouna 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 Kelaat Mgouna is worst in August — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.9× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1233 µg/m³Dec 177 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul31Moderate
Aug34Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kelaat Mgouna?

Kelaat Mgouna sits at 31.2°N, 6.1°W, 1,431 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Tinerhir, 64 km away.

AzilalDemnateZagoraGoulmimaBeni Mellal

Topography around Kelaat Mgouna

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kelaat Mgouna has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 1,442 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 950 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,237 m.

The land around Kelaat Mgouna is covered by bare terrain (69%) within 3 km, bare terrain (87%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (66%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
119 m
16 km
950 m
80 km
3,237 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Tinerhir 64 km · Ouarzazate 81 km · Tabount 84 km · Azilal 90 km · Demnate 99 km · Zagora 105 km · Goulmima 122 km · Beni Mellal 123 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
Muslim 99%other 1%

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 Kelaat Mgouna (31.2457°, -6.1326°, elevation 1,431 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).