Morocco
Sahara Desert in March
🌤️ Cool seasonPleasant and mostly dry.
🎒 Pack: warm jacket for evenings
Why March scores 9.3What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort9.4
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (23.1°C highs / 7.3°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point -2.5°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~10 mm rain)
- Air quality9.4
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~9 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline7.5
- ·Increased caution
| Mar | Oct | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 9.3 Excellent | 9.5 Excellent |
| Season | 🌤️ Cool season | ☀️ Warm dry season |
| High / low | 23° / 7° | 28° / 15° |
| Rain | 10 mm | 13 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt -2° | dew pt 3° |
| PM2.5 | 9 µg/m³ | 11 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast).
Holidays & crowdsMarch 2027
No long holidaysNo long public-holiday weekends this month. School holidays aren't counted, so check those if you want to avoid family crowds.
- 🌙 Ramadan about 7 Feb – 8 Mar
Exact dates depend on the moon sighting. Some restaurants close or change hours during the day and opening times can be shorter; evenings are lively. The days around Eid at the end are a big travel time.
Other public holidays: Eid al-Fitr (9 Mar, date estimated) · Eid al-Fitr (10 Mar, date estimated)
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore Sahara DesertEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyMorocco's Saharan dunes, chiefly Erg Chebbi near Merzouga and Erg Chigaga near M'Hamid, visited for camel treks and nights in desert camps.
No major events on our calendar for March.
Coming up later
Erfoud Date FestivalDate variesUsually October
A festival celebrating the date harvest.
Why go: A chance to see local music and dancing.
Where: Erfoud
Erg Chebbigreat in Mar
Tall orange dunes beside the village of Merzouga.
💡 Summer heat is extreme; spring and autumn are most comfortable.
Erg Chigagagreat in Mar
Remote dunes reached by 4x4 from M'Hamid.
Camel trek and desert camp
Ride into the dunes at sunset and stay overnight in a camp.
💡 Winter nights can be close to freezing.
Aït Benhaddou
A fortified earthen village on the route from Marrakech, a UNESCO site.
Todra Gorge
A narrow canyon with high rock walls.
Draa Valley
A palm-filled valley with kasbahs on the route to M'Hamid.
Medfouna
A stuffed flatbread often called Berber pizza.
💡 Merzouga and Rissani
Tagine
Slow-cooked stew in a clay pot.
💡 Camps and restaurants
Mint tea
Sweet green tea with mint.
💡 Everywhere
Dates
Local dates.
💡 Rissani and Erfoud markets
Fossils
Trilobites and fossils from the Erfoud area.
💡 Erfoud workshops; many are restored or reproduced
Berber rugs
Handwoven rugs.
💡 Rug shops
Dates
Local dates.
💡 Markets