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Marrakech in March

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Marrakech is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 44°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 Marrakech is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 55 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 23% of days
Daylight
11h 56mon average

Is March a good time to visit Marrakech?

Yes. March is one of Marrakech's best months (March to April, or 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 74°F in March, against 68°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in March, against 20°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

23% of days in March, against 1% to 23% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in March, against 10% to 41% through the year.

Daylight

11h 56m in March, against 10h 07m 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. February70°21°low 39°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. March74°23°low 44°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April79°26°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Marrakech 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
460 mlow-lying
Latitude
31.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Agafay Desert25 km south-west

The land around Marrakech, 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 Marrakech

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Marrakech. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.