Douz weather in March

In March, Douz sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 Douz's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Douz's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 12 mm; 2.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:41 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 11th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.5; out of 10

← February Douz 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 21°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical March day in Douz reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 29°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13

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

How March really feels in Douz

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.

Douz weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 7°	11	2.2	10	6.8
Feb	19° / 8°	6	1.7	10.8	7.8
Mar	23° / 11°	12	2.2	11.7	8.5
Apr	27° / 15°	8	1.7	12.8	8.1
May	32° / 19°	3	1	13.7	5.3
Jun	36° / 23°	1	0.1	14.2	2.5
Jul	39° / 26°	0	0.1	14	0.6
Aug	39° / 26°	2	0.5	13.2	0.8
Sep	35° / 23°	7	1.3	12.2	3.4
Oct	29° / 18°	8	1.6	11.2	6.8
Nov	23° / 12°	9	1.9	10.3	8.5
Dec	18° / 8°	10	2	9.8	7.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Douz gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.2 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 8% 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 (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

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 99% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in March

Winds average 17 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
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	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	17	light breeze
11	17	light breeze
12	17	light breeze
13	17	light breeze
14	17	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	17	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 7:01 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:37 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	11.3	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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:01	6:14
2	11.3	6:59	6:15
3	11.3	6:58	6:15
4	11.3	6:57	6:16
5	11.4	6:56	6:17
6	11.4	6:54	6:18
7	11.4	6:53	6:19
8	11.5	6:52	6:20
9	11.5	6:51	6:20
10	11.5	6:49	6:21
11	11.6	6:48	6:22
12	11.6	6:47	6:23
13	11.6	6:45	6:24
14	11.7	6:44	6:24
15	11.7	6:43	6:25
16	11.7	6:41	6:26
17	11.8	6:40	6:27
18	11.8	6:39	6:27
19	11.8	6:37	6:28
20	11.9	6:36	6:29
21	11.9	6:34	6:30
22	12.0	6:33	6:30
23	12.0	6:32	6:31
24	12.0	6:30	6:32
25	12.1	6:29	6:33
26	12.1	6:28	6:33
27	12.1	6:26	6:34
28	12.2	6:25	6:35
29	12.2	6:23	6:36
30	12.2	6:22	6:36
31	12.3	6:21	6:37

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.02 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.76 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)	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5
Level	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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	6.0	Bright
21	6.0	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Douz

In seasonPeak

In March, Douz sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Douz sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in April.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Douz?

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

8.5

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Douz for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Douz in March

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

In March, Douz sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Douz 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 Douz peaks around June 18 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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	11	9	9	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	6	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Douz 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 Douz is worst in April — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (October, 37 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)	48	43	54	69	61	58	43	40	40	37	41	39
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	54	Poor
Apr	69	Unhealthy
May	61	Unhealthy
Jun	58	Unhealthy
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	37	Poor
Nov	41	Poor
Dec	39	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Douz?

Douz sits at 33.5°N, 9.0°E, 62 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Kebili, 27 km away.

Topography around Douz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Douz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 60 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 838 m.

The land around Douz is covered by bare terrain (47%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, bare terrain (84%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

36 m

bare terrain 47%

16 km

91 m

bare terrain 84%

80 km

838 m

bare terrain 98%

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

March weather nearby: Kebili 27 km · El Hamma 86 km · Matmata 89 km · Tozeur 96 km · Métouia 106 km · El Ksar 106 km · Chenini Nahal 106 km · Gafsa 109 km

Tunisia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,657; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 65%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 4.7; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 16.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 498
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 Douz (33.4663°, 9.0203°, elevation 62 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	21	9
2	21	9
3	21	10
4	21	10
5	21	10
6	21	10
7	22	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	22	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	24	12
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	25	12
30	25	13
31	25	13

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	98	2
31	98	2