Climate averages 1991–2020
Ţimā 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 Ţimā: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the wettest month 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 Ghanāyim (11 km away). In March its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Ţimā, with 1.5 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Ţimā ranks joint 16th of 107 for the warmest March highs and joint 26th of 107 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 107 cities is 24.5°C; Ţimā is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.8 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
Ţimā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 26.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 1.8 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 36.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| June | 38.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 38.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 38.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 36.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 26.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0.7 | 0.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 0.3 | 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
- Al Ghanāyim in MarchEgypt · 11 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Ţahţā in MarchEgypt · 17 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Abū Tīj in MarchEgypt · 19 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Juhaynah in MarchEgypt · 27 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Assiut in MarchEgypt · 39 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Sohag in MarchEgypt · 47 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Abnūb in MarchEgypt · 49 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Al Minshāh in MarchEgypt · 60 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 12.3°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 Ţimā) is explained once on the Ţimā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.