Moularès weather in March

In March, Moularès sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 18 mm of rain across 3.6 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 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% 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 Moularès's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Moularès's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
8th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Rainfall
18 mm
3.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:45 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
36%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

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 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in Moularès reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 4°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2177
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How March really feels in Moularès

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.

Moularès 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 142.9104.9
Feb15° / 122.410.76.0
Mar19° / 183.611.77.5
Apr23° / 12°173.212.88.3
May29° / 17°102.413.87.0
Jun34° / 22°41.214.34.0
Jul37° / 25°20.714.12.2
Aug36° / 24°71.913.32.6
Sep31° / 21°183.612.25.4
Oct26° / 16°163.111.18.1
Nov19° / 10°173.110.27.5
Dec15° / 122.69.75.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% 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 25%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27426
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Moularès gets around 18 mm of rain over 3.6 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 12% and peaks near 13% 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 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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913light breeze
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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 7:04 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:046:16
211.27:036:17
311.37:026:18
411.37:016:18
511.36:596:19
611.46:586:20
711.46:576:21
811.46:556:22
911.56:546:23
1011.56:536:24
1111.56:516:24
1211.66:506:25
1311.66:496:26
1411.76:476:27
1511.76:466:28
1611.76:456:29
1711.86:436:29
1811.86:426:30
1911.86:406:31
2011.96:396:32
2111.96:386:33
2212.06:366:33
2312.06:356:34
2412.06:336:35
2512.16:326:36
2612.16:306:37
2712.16:296:37
2812.26:286:38
2912.26:266:39
3012.26:256:40
3112.36:236:40

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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246.0Bright
256.0Intense
266.0Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.2Intense
306.2Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Moularès

In seasonPeak

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

Moularès sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Moularès?

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

7.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Moularès in March

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

In March, Moularès sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Moularès 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 Moularès peaks around June 21 at about 10 (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 21UV 10Dec 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr5High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Moularès 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 Moularès is worst in April — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 2131 µg/m³Dec 1722 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May30Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Moularès?

Moularès sits at 34.5°N, 8.3°E, 460 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Ar Rudayyif, 16 km away.

GafsaEl KsarFerianaTozeurNefta

Topography around Moularès

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moularès has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m around an average of 459 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 701 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,504 m.

The land around Moularès is covered by bare terrain (81%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (72%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
168 m
16 km
701 m
80 km
1,504 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Ar Rudayyif 16 km · Metlaoui 22 km · Bir el Ater 34 km · Gafsa 48 km · El Ksar 50 km · Feriana 58 km · Tozeur 64 km · Nefta 77 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
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 Moularès (34.4888°, 8.2687°, elevation 460 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).