Minya weather in March

In March, Minya sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% 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 Minya's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Minya's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:13 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover: 19%; 8th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 6.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.2; out of 10

Minya is city in Middle Egypt.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical March day in Minya reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 32°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)	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28
Avg low (°C)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14

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

How March really feels in Minya

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.

Minya weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 8°	1	0.2	10.4	8.3
Feb	22° / 10°	1	0.2	11	8.8
Mar	25° / 13°	1	0.2	11.8	9.2
Apr	30° / 16°	0	0	12.7	6.7
May	34° / 21°	0	0	13.4	3.9
Jun	37° / 23°	0	0	13.7	2.5
Jul	37° / 25°	0	0	13.6	2.0
Aug	37° / 25°	0	0	13	2.1
Sep	35° / 23°	0	0	12.2	3.5
Oct	32° / 20°	0	0	11.3	5.9
Nov	26° / 15°	1	0.1	10.6	8.9
Dec	21° / 10°	1	0.2	10.3	8.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% 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 12%.

	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 (%)	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	90	90	90
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Minya gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
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 99% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	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	99	1
8	99	1
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	99	1
22	99	1
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 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 6:29 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:09 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	11.4	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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09

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

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 8.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 6.38 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)	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.9	Intense
30	6.9	Intense
31	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Minya

In seasonPeak

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

Minya sees seasonal dust haze (March–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Minya?

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

9.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Minya in March

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

In March, Minya sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Minya in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Minya peaks around July 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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	7	8	10	10	11	10	8	6	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Minya 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 Minya is worst in January — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 35 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	80	73	67	57	51	42	35	36	40	47	59	68
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	80	Unhealthy
Feb	73	Unhealthy
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	51	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	59	Unhealthy
Dec	68	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Minya?

Minya sits at 28.1°N, 30.8°E, 52 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Minya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Minya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 403 m.

The land around Minya is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and cropland (31%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

121 m

artificial surfaces 40%

16 km

172 m

cropland 48%

80 km

403 m

bare terrain 81%

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← February Minya year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah 6.0 km · Banī ‘Ubayd 16 km · Abū Qurqāş 20 km · Samālūţ 25 km · Maţāy 36 km · Mallawī 41 km · Banī Mazār 45 km · Dayr Mawās 51 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 Minya (28.0919°, 30.7581°, elevation 52 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	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	24	12
6	25	12
7	25	12
8	25	12
9	25	12
10	25	12
11	25	12
12	25	12
13	25	12
14	25	12
15	25	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	26	13
21	26	13
22	26	13
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	27	13
27	27	14
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	27	14
31	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
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	99	1
8	99	1
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	99	1
22	99	1
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