Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-Khārijah weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Al-Khārijah: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khārjah (22 km away). In March its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Al-Khārijah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Al-Khārijah ranks 15th of 107 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 107 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 107 cities is 24.5°C; Al-Khārijah is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Al-Khārijah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 22.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 26.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 38.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 38.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 38.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 36.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Al Khārjah in MarchEgypt · 22 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Girga in MarchEgypt · 181 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Juhaynah in MarchEgypt · 184 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Farshūţ in MarchEgypt · 185 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Sohag in MarchEgypt · 185 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Al Minshāh in MarchEgypt · 185 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Ţahţā in MarchEgypt · 194 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Al Ghanāyim in MarchEgypt · 197 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al-Khārijah) is explained once on the Al-Khārijah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.