Climate averages 1991–2020
Hurghada weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest 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 Hurghada: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qina (163 km away). In March its highs average 28.5°C, 4.6°C warmer than Hurghada, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Hurghada ranks joint 71st of 107 for the warmest March highs and joint 21st of 107 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 107 cities is 24.5°C; Hurghada is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.4 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
Hurghada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 21.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 23.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.4 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 33.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.2°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 34.5°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 32.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 2.5 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 1.1 | 0.1 | 10.510 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
- Qina in MarchEgypt · 163 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Qūş in MarchEgypt · 182 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Luxor in MarchEgypt · 209 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Farshūţ in MarchEgypt · 212 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Girga in MarchEgypt · 216 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al Minshāh in MarchEgypt · 217 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Armant in MarchEgypt · 222 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Sohag in MarchEgypt · 224 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 1.3 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 Hurghada) is explained once on the Hurghada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.