Oran weather in March

Name: Oran
Address: DZ

In March, Oran has daytime highs averaging 18 °C, nights around 10 °C, with 6.2 wet days, and a sea temperature of 16 °C. Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

18.0°C Average high
10.3°C Average low
6.2days Wet days
40mm Rainfall
15.5°C Sea temperature
12h Daylight

Daily temperatures through March

Daily highDaily low Day of month on the horizontal axis. Highs peak at 19.4 °C and lows bottom out at 9.4 °C.

How March develops

Averages for the first, middle and last part of the month, from daily 1991–2020 normals. Chance of rain is the share of years in which that calendar day recorded more than 1 mm.

Days	Avg high	Avg low	Chance of rain
1–10 March	17.2 °C	9.9 °C	21 %
11–20 March	18.0 °C	10.1 °C	21 %
21–31 March	18.6 °C	11.0 °C	18 %

Average highs rise from 17.2 °C early in March to 18.6 °C by the end of it.

Chance of a wet day (over 1 mm) by date in March. Wettest date over the 30 years: March 7, at 40 %. Single dates are noisy — read the shape, not the spikes.

What to expect

Measure	Typical March	Share of the month
Days above 25 °C	0.4 of 31	1 %
Days above 30 °C	0 of 31	0 %
Days below 0 °C	0 of 31	0 %
Days with more than 1 mm rain	6.2 of 31	20 %

Conditions in March

Measure	Average
Mean temperature	14 °C
Record high (1991–2020)	29 °C
Record low (1991–2020)	3.4 °C
Relative humidity	74 %
Wind speed	20 km/h
Cloud cover	43 %

Where Oran ranks in March

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in March	22ndof 50	18 °C

March compared with the months around it

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.4 °C	46 mm	43 %
February	16.0 °C	38 mm	41 %
March	18.0 °C	40 mm	43 %
April	19.9 °C	35 mm	41 %
May	23.0 °C	21 mm	40 %

See all twelve months for Oran

March is the 9th warmest month here.
It is the 9th driest month of the year.
It ranks 8th for least cloud cover.
Days last about 12 hours from sunrise to sunset.
It rains on 6.2 of 31 days — 20 % of the month.
Nights are about 7.6 °C cooler than the middle of the day.
The hottest March day on record since 1991 reached 29 °C, 11 °C above the usual daytime high.
Beach score: 37 / 100 — see how this is calculated.

Nearby destinations in March

Destination	Avg high	Wet days	Sea
Oran	18 °C	6.2	16
Sidi Bel Abbes	19 °C	7	–
Mostaganem	18 °C	7	16
Tlemcen	17 °C	8	–
Oujda	19 °C	7	–

QuestionsMarch in Oran, answered

How warm is Oran in March?

Daily highs average 18 °C and nights fall to about 10 °C, a spread of 7.6 °C between afternoon and dawn. That makes March the 9th warmest month of the year here.

Does it rain much in Oran in March?

March averages 40 mm of rain, spread over about 6 of the 31 days — 20 % of the month. Cloud cover averages 43 % of the sky.

Is the sea warm enough to swim in March?

The sea averages 16 °C off Oran in March. Most people find water below 20 °C bracing and above 25 °C comfortable for a long swim; this figure is a monthly surface average, so a sheltered bay on a still afternoon can be warmer.

How long are the days in March?

Oran averages 12 hours between sunrise and sunset in March. Day length is computed from latitude and date, so it is exact rather than modelled — but it says nothing about how much of that time is sunny.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: daylight hours, beach and comfort scores, monthly rankings, threshold day counts, chance of a wet day by date, ten-day averages within the month. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.