Al Khārjah weather in March

In March, Al Khārjah sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Al Khārjah's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Khārjah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
8th warmest
Overnight low
13°
4th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:13 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
16%
7th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.6
out of 10

Al Khārjah is town and main settlement in the el-Kharga depression, capital of the New Valley governorate.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical March day in Al Khārjah reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Al Khārjah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Al Khārjah weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 00.110.68.7
Feb23° / 00.111.19.2
Mar27° / 13°10.111.88.6
Apr33° / 17°0012.65.0
May37° / 22°0013.22.3
Jun39° / 25°0013.60.9
Jul39° / 25°0013.40.6
Aug39° / 25°0012.90.7
Sep37° / 23°0012.22.3
Oct33° / 20°0011.44.9
Nov27° / 13°0010.88.7
Dec22° / 0010.49.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Al Khārjah gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in March

Winds average 14 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:28 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:285:54
211.56:275:55
311.56:265:55
411.56:255:56
511.56:245:56
611.66:235:57
711.66:225:57
811.66:215:58
911.66:205:58
1011.76:195:59
1111.76:185:59
1211.76:176:00
1311.76:166:00
1411.86:156:01
1511.86:146:01
1611.86:136:02
1711.86:126:02
1811.96:116:03
1911.96:106:03
2011.96:096:04
2111.96:086:04
2212.06:076:05
2312.06:066:05
2412.06:046:06
2512.06:036:06
2612.16:026:07
2712.16:016:07
2812.16:006:07
2912.15:596:08
3012.25:586:08
3112.25:576:09

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 8.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 6.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.2Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Al Khārjah

In seasonPeak

In March, Al Khārjah sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Al Khārjah sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is March a good time to visit Al Khārjah?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Al Khārjah for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Al Khārjah in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Al Khārjah sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 13°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al Khārjah in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Khārjah peaks around June 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 15UV 11Jan 10UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb7High
Mar10Very high
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Al Khārjah in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Al Khārjah is worst in June — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJun 983 µg/m³Dec 1258 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan61Unhealthy
Feb65Unhealthy
Mar79Unhealthy
Apr79Unhealthy
May82Unhealthy
Jun83Unhealthy
Jul61Unhealthy
Aug67Unhealthy
Sep80Unhealthy
Oct79Unhealthy
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec58Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al Khārjah?

Al Khārjah sits at 25.5°N, 30.5°E, 81 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al-Khārijah, 22 km away.

MūţJuhaynahGirgaSohagAl MinshāhAl BalyanāAbū Ţisht

Topography around Al Khārjah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Khārjah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Khārjah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 75 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 442 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 587 m.

The land around Al Khārjah is covered by bare terrain (39%), artificial surfaces (26%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
442 m
80 km
587 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Al-Khārijah 22 km · Mūţ 157 km · Juhaynah 166 km · Girga 167 km · Sohag 168 km · Al Minshāh 170 km · Al Balyanā 170 km · Abū Ţisht 172 km

Egypt travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 15% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,086
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
79%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
10.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 459
Religion
Muslim 90%Christian 10%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Al Khārjah (25.451°, 30.5465°, elevation 81 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).