Climate averages 1991–2020
Marsá Maţrūḩ weather
in March.
A mild, very 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 Marsá Maţrūḩ: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very 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 Alexandria (255 km away). In March its highs average 20.0°C, about as warm as Marsá Maţrūḩ, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Marsá Maţrūḩ ranks 104th of 107 for the warmest March highs and 83rd of 107 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 107 cities is 24.5°C; Marsá Maţrūḩ is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.9 mm to 2.2 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
Marsá Maţrūḩ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 11 | 2.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 20.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 5.9 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 4.9 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 7.2 | 2.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 9.5 | 2.8 | 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
- Alexandria in MarchEgypt · 255 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Kafr ad Dawwār in MarchEgypt · 276 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Idkū in MarchEgypt · 291 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Ḩawsh ‘Īsá in MarchEgypt · 295 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Rosetta in MarchEgypt · 302 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Damanhur in MarchEgypt · 309 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Fuwwah in MarchEgypt · 315 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Tobruk in MarchLibya · 321 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 7.4 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 Marsá Maţrūḩ) is explained once on the Marsá Maţrūḩ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.