Climate averages 1991–2020

Al Khārjah 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.

Average high 26.4°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 11.2°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Al Khārjah · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in Al Khārjah: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 11.2°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-Khārijah (22 km away). In March its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Al Khārjah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Al Khārjah ranks joint 18th of 107 for the warmest March highs and joint 13th of 107 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 107 cities is 24.5°C; Al Khārjah is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Al Khārjah climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Al Khārjah, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.5°C5.6°C5.6°C0.40.110.711 h
February 22.0°C7.2°C7.2°C0.30.111.311 h
March, selected 26.4°C11.2°C11.2°C0.90.112.012 h
April 31.7°C15.9°C15.9°C0.10.012.713 h
May 35.8°C20.4°C20.4°C0.10.013.413 h
June 37.7°C22.7°C22.7°C00.013.714 h
July 38.1°C23.0°C23.0°C00.013.614 h
August 38.1°C22.9°C22.9°C00.013.013 h
September 35.8°C21.2°C21.2°C00.012.312 h
October 31.9°C17.7°C17.7°C00.011.612 h
November 25.5°C11.4°C11.4°C00.010.911 h
December 20.8°C7.0°C7.0°C0.20.010.611 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

Distance from Al Khārjah

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al Khārjah) is explained once on the Al Khārjah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.