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Agafay Desert in March

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Agafay Desert is mild: highs near 70°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 55 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Agafay Desert is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 55 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
70°F21°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 25% of days
Daylight
11h 56mon average

Is March a good time to visit Agafay Desert?

A good month, just outside Agafay Desert's best months, which run in two parts: May, or October to November.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 70°F in March, against 63°F to 95°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in March, against 17°C to 35°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

25% of days in March, against 1% to 25% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in March, against 10% to 42% through the year.

Daylight

11h 56m in March, against 10h 08m to 14h 10m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February65°18°low 38°low 3°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. March70°21°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April74°23°low 48°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Agafay Desert sits, in March

Africa/Casablanca
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:44 AMsets 6:40 PM
Above the sea
665 mupland
Latitude
31.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Marrakech25 km north-east

The land around Agafay Desert, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Morocco in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Agafay Desert

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Agafay Desert. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (665 m) against the climate model's (540 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (665 m) against the climate model's (540 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.