Mūţ weather in March

In March, Mūţ sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 29°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 Mūţ's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mūţ's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:19 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.9; out of 10

Mūţ is town in the Egyptian depression of el-Dakhla.

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 25°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical March day in Mūţ reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 33°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)	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

How March really feels in Mūţ

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.

Mūţ weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 6°	0.1	10.6	8.5
Feb	22° / 8°	0.1	11.1	9.1
Mar	27° / 12°	0.1	11.8	8.9
Apr	32° / 16°	0	12.6	5.5
May	36° / 21°	0	13.2	2.8
Jun	38° / 23°	0	13.6	1.5
Jul	39° / 24°	0	13.4	1.1
Aug	38° / 24°	0	12.9	1.2
Sep	36° / 22°	0	12.2	2.8
Oct	32° / 18°	0	11.4	5.6
Nov	26° / 12°	0	10.8	9.1
Dec	21° / 8°	0	10.4	8.7

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 (%)	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92
Cloudier (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Mūţ gets around 0 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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	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 6:34 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:15 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	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	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	12.1	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03
Sunset (PM)	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	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:34	6:00
2	11.5	6:33	6:01
3	11.5	6:32	6:02
4	11.5	6:31	6:02
5	11.5	6:30	6:03
6	11.6	6:29	6:03
7	11.6	6:28	6:04
8	11.6	6:28	6:04
9	11.6	6:27	6:05
10	11.7	6:26	6:05
11	11.7	6:24	6:06
12	11.7	6:23	6:06
13	11.7	6:22	6:07
14	11.8	6:21	6:07
15	11.8	6:20	6:08
16	11.8	6:19	6:08
17	11.8	6:18	6:09
18	11.9	6:17	6:09
19	11.9	6:16	6:10
20	11.9	6:15	6:10
21	11.9	6:14	6:11
22	12.0	6:13	6:11
23	12.0	6:12	6:11
24	12.0	6:11	6:12
25	12.0	6:10	6:12
26	12.1	6:09	6:13
27	12.1	6:07	6:13
28	12.1	6:06	6:14
29	12.1	6:05	6:14
30	12.2	6:04	6:15
31	12.2	6:03	6:15

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 8.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 6.73 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)	6.2	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	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2
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	6.2	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.5	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.6	Intense
14	6.7	Intense
15	6.7	Intense
16	6.7	Intense
17	6.8	Intense
18	6.8	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.9	Intense
21	6.9	Intense
22	7.0	Intense
23	7.0	Intense
24	7.0	Intense
25	7.0	Intense
26	7.1	Intense
27	7.1	Intense
28	7.2	Intense
29	7.2	Intense
30	7.2	Intense
31	7.2	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Mūţ

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Mūţ?

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

8.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

8.7

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mūţ in March

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

In March, Mūţ sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Mūţ 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 Mūţ peaks around August 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 5 (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)	5	6	10	11	12	11	11	12	11	8	6	5
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	11	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Mūţ 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 Mūţ is worst in May — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 41 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)	49	52	67	68	74	72	53	54	62	58	41	42
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	49	Poor
Feb	52	Poor
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	68	Unhealthy
May	74	Unhealthy
Jun	72	Unhealthy
Jul	53	Poor
Aug	54	Poor
Sep	62	Unhealthy
Oct	58	Unhealthy
Nov	41	Poor
Dec	42	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Mūţ?

Mūţ sits at 25.5°N, 29.0°E, 114 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al Khārjah, 157 km away.

Topography around Mūţ

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mūţ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 113 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 413 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 505 m.

The land around Mūţ is covered by cropland (33%), trees (32%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

30 m

cropland 33%

16 km

413 m

bare terrain 75%

80 km

505 m

bare terrain 97%

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

March weather nearby: Al Khārjah 157 km · Al-Khārijah 160 km · Al Ghanāyim 281 km · Manfalūţ 284 km · Al Qūşīyah 284 km · Juhaynah 284 km · Assiut 289 km · Ţahţā 289 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 Mūţ (25.4874°, 28.9792°, elevation 114 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	25	10
2	25	10
3	25	10
4	25	11
5	26	11
6	26	11
7	26	11
8	26	11
9	26	11
10	26	11
11	26	11
12	26	11
13	26	11
14	26	11
15	26	12
16	26	12
17	26	12
18	27	12
19	27	12
20	27	12
21	27	12
22	27	12
23	27	12
24	27	12
25	28	12
26	28	13
27	28	13
28	28	13
29	29	13
30	29	13
31	29	13

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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