Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash-Shaykh Zāyid weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th 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 Ash-Shaykh Zāyid: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kirdāsah (11 km away). In March its highs average 24.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Ash-Shaykh Zāyid, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Ash-Shaykh Zāyid ranks joint 84th of 107 for the warmest March highs and joint 45th of 107 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 107 cities is 24.5°C; Ash-Shaykh Zāyid is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.2 mm to 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
Ash-Shaykh Zāyid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 2.9 | 0.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 23.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 4.2 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| June | 34.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 35.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 33.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 19.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 10.310 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
- Kirdāsah in MarchEgypt · 11 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.7°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Awsīm in MarchEgypt · 17 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Giza in MarchEgypt · 20 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 4.4 mm rain
- 6th of October City in MarchEgypt · 23 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah in MarchEgypt · 23 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Cairo in MarchEgypt · 24 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Qalyub in MarchEgypt · 27 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 10.8°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Shubrā al Khaymah in MarchEgypt · 27 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 4.4 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 Ash-Shaykh Zāyid) is explained once on the Ash-Shaykh Zāyid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kirdāsah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.