Climate averages 1991–2020
Ismailia 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 Ismailia: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 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 Fāqūs (47 km away). In March its highs average 24.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Ismailia, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Ismailia ranks joint 78th of 107 for the warmest March highs and joint 72nd of 107 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 107 cities is 24.5°C; Ismailia is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.2 mm to 1.3 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
Ismailia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 4.0 | 1.4 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 4.8 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 23.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 5.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 34.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 36.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 36.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 2.4 | 0.7 | 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
- Fāqūs in MarchEgypt · 47 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Al Qurayn in MarchEgypt · 51 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Abū Kabīr in MarchEgypt · 59 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān in MarchEgypt · 61 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Hihyā in MarchEgypt · 66 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Al Maţarīyah in MarchEgypt · 68 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Al Manzalah in MarchEgypt · 69 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Bilbeis in MarchEgypt · 71 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 4.8 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 Ismailia) is explained once on the Ismailia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.