El Kef weather in March

In March, El Kef sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 45 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is El Kef's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Kef's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 45 mm; 8.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:43 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 8th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical March day in El Kef reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How March really feels in El Kef

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.

El Kef weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-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	14° / 5°	43	7.6	9.8	4.5
Feb	15° / 5°	37	7.8	10.6	4.9
Mar	18° / 7°	45	8.5	11.7	6.2
Apr	22° / 10°	43	8	12.9	7.0
May	27° / 14°	30	6.2	13.9	7.2
Jun	32° / 18°	16	3.1	14.4	4.7
Jul	36° / 21°	6	1.7	14.2	2.9
Aug	35° / 21°	13	3.7	13.4	3.0
Sep	31° / 18°	30	6.2	12.2	5.3
Oct	26° / 14°	32	5.7	11.1	7.5
Nov	20° / 10°	36	6.3	10.1	6.9
Dec	16° / 6°	36	6.8	9.6	5.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% 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	59	57	57	57	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	59	59	60	61	61	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	60	60
Cloudier (%)	41	41	43	43	43	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	41	41	40	39	39	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	60	40
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

El Kef gets around 45 mm of rain over 8.5 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 28% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29

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

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Wind in March

Winds average 9 km/h in March.

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)	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	9	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	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	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 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 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:39 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)	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	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)	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:04	6:13
2	11.2	7:03	6:13
3	11.2	7:02	6:14
4	11.3	7:00	6:15
5	11.3	6:59	6:16
6	11.3	6:58	6:17
7	11.4	6:56	6:18
8	11.4	6:55	6:19
9	11.4	6:53	6:20
10	11.5	6:52	6:21
11	11.5	6:51	6:22
12	11.6	6:49	6:23
13	11.6	6:48	6:24
14	11.6	6:46	6:25
15	11.7	6:45	6:25
16	11.7	6:43	6:26
17	11.8	6:42	6:27
18	11.8	6:40	6:28
19	11.8	6:39	6:29
20	11.9	6:37	6:30
21	11.9	6:36	6:31
22	12.0	6:34	6:32
23	12.0	6:33	6:32
24	12.0	6:32	6:33
25	12.1	6:30	6:34
26	12.1	6:29	6:35
27	12.1	6:27	6:36
28	12.2	6:26	6:37
29	12.2	6:24	6:38
30	12.3	6:23	6:38
31	12.3	6:21	6:39

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.27 kWh/m² to a high of 7.56 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.75 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)	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4
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	4.0	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for El Kef

In seasonPeak

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

El Kef sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit El Kef?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit El Kef for sightseeing.

What to pack for El Kef in March

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

In March, El Kef sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in El Kef 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 El Kef peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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)	2	5	6	5	8	8	10	8	8	6	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	5	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in El Kef 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 El Kef is worst in September — around 24 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)	18	19	21	24	22	22	21	22	24	22	20	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is El Kef?

El Kef sits at 36.2°N, 8.7°E, 627 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Dahmani, 28 km away.

Topography around El Kef

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Kef has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 463 m around an average of 604 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 867 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,407 m.

The land around El Kef is covered by cropland (42%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

463 m

cropland 42%

16 km

867 m

cropland 58%

80 km

1,407 m

cropland 48%

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

March weather nearby: Dahmani 28 km · Tajerouine 34 km · Jendouba 37 km · Ghardimaou 39 km · Ouenza 57 km · Tabursuq 58 km · Siliana 61 km · Thala 67 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 El Kef (36.1742°, 8.7049°, elevation 627 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	17	6
2	17	6
3	17	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	7
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	18	7
17	18	7
18	18	7
19	19	7
20	19	7
21	19	7
22	19	7
23	19	7
24	19	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	20	8
29	20	8
30	20	8
31	20	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

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