Climate averages 1991–2020
Arīsh weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Arīsh: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rafaḩ (46 km away). In March its highs average 21.2°C, about as warm as Arīsh, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Arīsh ranks 102nd of 107 for the warmest March highs and 107th of 107 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 107 cities is 24.5°C; Arīsh is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 6.3 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
Arīsh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 45 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 34 | 5.9 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 20 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 30.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 37 | 5.8 | 10.210 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
- Rafaḩ in MarchPalestinian Territory · 46 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Khān Yūnis in MarchPalestinian Territory · 54 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Gaza in MarchPalestinian Territory · 76 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Ashkelon in MarchIsrael · 95 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Beersheba in MarchIsrael · 95 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Ashdod in MarchIsrael · 109 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Reẖovot in MarchIsrael · 128 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Hebron in MarchPalestinian Territory · 131 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 28 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 Arīsh) is explained once on the Arīsh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.