Al Maţarīyah weather in March

In March, Al Maţarīyah sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 9 mm of rain across 1.9 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Al Maţarīyah's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Maţarīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
9th warmest
Overnight low
14°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
1.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:09 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover
31%
8th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.9
out of 10

Al Maţarīyah is city in Egypt.

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical March day in Al Maţarīyah reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Al Maţarīyah

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 Maţarīyah weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 13°16410.26.9
Feb18° / 13°153.310.97.1
Mar19° / 14°91.911.87.9
Apr22° / 16°30.912.78.7
May24° / 19°10.413.69.3
Jun28° / 22°00148.8
Jul30° / 24°0013.87.3
Aug30° / 25°0013.17.1
Sep29° / 24°00.112.28.0
Oct26° / 22°51.111.28.7
Nov23° / 19°92.510.48.4
Dec19° / 15°102.9107.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28317
38317
48416
58416
68416
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88416
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Al Maţarīyah gets around 9 mm of rain over 1.9 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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28
38
48
57
67
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106
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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 80% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
187130
286140
385150
485150
583161
683161
783161
883161
983161
1083161
1182171
1282171
1382171
1482171
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2080191
2179201
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2477221
2576231
2676231
2775241
2874251
2973261
3072271
3171281

Wind in March

Winds average 17 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1117light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:275:44
211.36:255:44
311.36:245:45
411.46:235:46
511.46:225:47
611.46:215:47
711.56:205:48
811.56:185:49
911.56:175:50
1011.66:165:50
1111.66:155:51
1211.66:145:52
1311.76:125:52
1411.76:115:53
1511.76:105:54
1611.86:095:54
1711.86:075:55
1811.86:065:56
1911.96:055:56
2011.96:045:57
2111.96:025:58
2212.06:015:58
2312.06:005:59
2412.05:586:00
2512.15:576:00
2612.15:566:01
2712.15:546:02
2812.25:536:02
2912.25:526:03
3012.25:516:04
3112.35:496:04

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.99 kWh/m² to a high of 7.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.46 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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45.0Bright
55.0Bright
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245.8Bright
255.8Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Al Maţarīyah

In seasonPeak

None of Al Maţarīyah's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Al Maţarīyah sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is March a good time to visit Al Maţarīyah?

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

7.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Al Maţarīyah for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Al Maţarīyah in March

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

In March, Al Maţarīyah sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Al Maţarīyah in March

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 23 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 27 to Dec 14 — about 7.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr19Cool
May22Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Cool

UV index in Al Maţarīyah in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Maţarīyah peaks around June 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highVery highHighModerateJun 14UV 10Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Al Maţarīyah 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 Maţarīyah is worst in January — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (September, 14 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1835 µg/m³Sep 2115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb32Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Al Maţarīyah?

Al Maţarīyah sits at 31.2°N, 32.0°E, 10 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al Manzalah, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Al Maţarīyah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Maţarīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 0 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m.

The land around Al Maţarīyah is covered by cropland (41%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (31%), water (31%) and wetland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
14 m
16 km
22 m
80 km
154 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Al Manzalah 9.0 km · Al Jammālīyah 16 km · Mīt Salsīl 22 km · Kafr al Kurdī 25 km · Port Said 27 km · Şān al Ḩajar al Qiblīyah 28 km · Ar-Rawḍah 30 km · Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar 31 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 Maţarīyah (31.1829°, 32.0311°, elevation 10 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).