Climate averages 1991–2020
New Cairo weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th 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 New Cairo: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (one of the wettest months 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 El Shorouk (18 km away). In March its highs average 23.2°C, about as warm as New Cairo, with 4.3 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, New Cairo ranks joint 95th of 107 for the warmest March highs and 71st of 107 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 107 cities is 24.5°C; New Cairo is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.1 mm to 1.0 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
New Cairo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 4.8 | 1.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 5.1 | 1.4 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 22.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 34.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 35.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 34.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 32.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| November | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| December | 19.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 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
- El Shorouk in MarchEgypt · 18 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Al Khuşūş in MarchEgypt · 20 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Cairo in MarchEgypt · 22 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Al-'Ubūr in MarchEgypt · 22 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Al Khānkah in MarchEgypt · 22 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Shubrā al Khaymah in MarchEgypt · 24 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Giza in MarchEgypt · 25 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Al Ḩawāmidīyah in MarchEgypt · 26 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.3°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 New Cairo) is explained once on the New Cairo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.