Climate averages 1991–2020
Girga weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and one of 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 Girga: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 12.4°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 (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Minshāh (18 km away). In March its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Girga, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Girga ranks 10th 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; Girga is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 33.1°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
Girga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 27.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 39.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 39.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 39.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 37.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 22.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10.511 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 Minshāh in MarchEgypt · 18 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Sohag in MarchEgypt · 31 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Farshūţ in MarchEgypt · 41 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Juhaynah in MarchEgypt · 54 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Ţahţā in MarchEgypt · 62 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Ţimā in MarchEgypt · 78 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Al Ghanāyim in MarchEgypt · 82 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Qina in MarchEgypt · 85 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 0.7 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 Girga) is explained once on the Girga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.