Dār as Salām weather in March

In March, Dār as Salām sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% 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 Dār as Salām's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dār as Salām's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:07 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

Dār as Salām is city in Sohag, Egypt.

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

← February Dār as Salām year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical March day in Dār as Salām reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	27	13
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	13
12	27	13
13	27	14
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	28	14
19	28	14
20	28	14
21	28	14
22	28	14
23	28	14
24	29	14
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	30	15
30	30	15
31	30	15

How March really feels in Dār as Salām

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Dār as Salām weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 9°	1	0.2	10.5	8.9
Feb	24° / 10°	0	0.1	11.1	9.3
Mar	28° / 14°	1	0.1	11.8	8.3
Apr	33° / 18°	0	0	12.6	4.8
May	37° / 23°	0	0.1	13.3	2.0
Jun	39° / 25°	0	0	13.6	0.6
Jul	40° / 27°	0	0	13.5	0.4
Aug	39° / 27°	0	0	12.9	0.5
Sep	38° / 25°	0	0	12.2	1.7
Oct	34° / 21°	0	0	11.4	4.1
Nov	28° / 15°	1	0.1	10.7	8.0
Dec	23° / 11°	0	0.1	10.4	9.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	92	92	91
Cloudier (%)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	91	9

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Dār as Salām gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

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 6:22 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:03 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:22	5:48
2	11.4	6:22	5:48
3	11.5	6:21	5:49
4	11.5	6:20	5:49
5	11.5	6:19	5:50
6	11.5	6:18	5:50
7	11.6	6:17	5:51
8	11.6	6:16	5:51
9	11.6	6:15	5:52
10	11.6	6:14	5:53
11	11.7	6:13	5:53
12	11.7	6:11	5:54
13	11.7	6:10	5:54
14	11.8	6:09	5:55
15	11.8	6:08	5:55
16	11.8	6:07	5:56
17	11.8	6:06	5:56
18	11.9	6:05	5:57
19	11.9	6:04	5:57
20	11.9	6:03	5:58
21	11.9	6:02	5:58
22	12.0	6:01	5:59
23	12.0	6:00	5:59
24	12.0	5:58	6:00
25	12.0	5:57	6:00
26	12.1	5:56	6:01
27	12.1	5:55	6:01
28	12.1	5:54	6:01
29	12.2	5:53	6:02
30	12.2	5:52	6:02
31	12.2	5:51	6:03

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.24 kWh/m² to a high of 8.11 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 6.6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.4	Intense
13	6.5	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.5	Intense
16	6.6	Intense
17	6.6	Intense
18	6.7	Intense
19	6.7	Intense
20	6.8	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.8	Intense
23	6.9	Intense
24	6.9	Intense
25	6.9	Intense
26	7.0	Intense
27	7.0	Intense
28	7.0	Intense
29	7.1	Intense
30	7.1	Intense
31	7.1	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Dār as Salām

In seasonPeak

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

Dār as Salām sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Dār as Salām?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

9.0

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Dār as Salām in March

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

In March, Dār as Salām sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dār as Salām in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dār as Salām peaks around June 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	8	7	8	11	9	9	9	7	6	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	7	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Dār as Salām 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 Dār as Salām is worst in January — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	71	67	67	63	60	55	46	49	53	55	56	64
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	71	Unhealthy
Feb	67	Unhealthy
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	63	Unhealthy
May	60	Unhealthy
Jun	55	Poor
Jul	46	Poor
Aug	49	Poor
Sep	53	Poor
Oct	55	Unhealthy
Nov	56	Unhealthy
Dec	64	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Dār as Salām?

Dār as Salām sits at 26.3°N, 32.1°E, 69 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al Balyanā, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Dār as Salām

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dār as Salām.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dār as Salām has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 67 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 350 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 581 m.

The land around Dār as Salām is covered by cropland (75%) within 3 km, bare terrain (41%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km

15 m

cropland 75%

16 km

350 m

bare terrain 41%

80 km

581 m

bare terrain 86%

treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← February Dār as Salām year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Al Balyanā 7.0 km · Girga 18 km · Abū Ţisht 18 km · Farshūţ 27 km · Nag Hammâdi 31 km · Al Minshāh 33 km · Al Waqf 42 km · Akhmīm 44 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

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 Dār as Salām (26.2784°, 32.0561°, elevation 69 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	27	13
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	13
12	27	13
13	27	14
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	28	14
19	28	14
20	28	14
21	28	14
22	28	14
23	28	14
24	29	14
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	30	15
30	30	15
31	30	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	27	13
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	13
12	27	13
13	27	14
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	28	14
19	28	14
20	28	14
21	28	14
22	28	14
23	28	14
24	29	14
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	30	15
30	30	15
31	30	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	27	13
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	13
12	27	13
13	27	14
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	28	14
19	28	14
20	28	14
21	28	14
22	28	14
23	28	14
24	29	14
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	30	15
30	30	15
31	30	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0