Rosetta weather in March

In March, Rosetta sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 15 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-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 66% 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 Rosetta's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rosetta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
10th warmest
Overnight low
14°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
2.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:15 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
33%
8th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.6
out of 10

Rosetta is city in Egypt.

Founded
~850 CE

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 Rosetta reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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Rosetta weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 13°447.510.26.1
Feb17° / 13°275.110.96.5
Mar19° / 14°152.611.87.6
Apr21° / 16°41.112.78.4
May23° / 19°10.213.69.3
Jun26° / 22°00149.3
Jul28° / 25°0013.88.7
Aug29° / 25°0013.18.0
Sep28° / 24°10.112.28.7
Oct26° / 22°71.411.28.8
Nov22° / 19°243.710.48.1
Dec19° / 15°366.4106.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28317
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68218
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Rosetta gets around 15 mm of rain over 2.6 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 9% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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318

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 81% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
188120
287130
387130
486140
586140
685150
785150
884151
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3171281

Wind in March

Winds average 18 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
1018light breeze
1118light breeze
1218light 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 6:33 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:335:50
211.36:325:51
311.36:315:51
411.46:305:52
511.46:295:53
611.46:275:54
711.56:265:54
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1211.66:205:58
1311.76:195:59
1411.76:185:59
1511.76:166:00
1611.86:156:01
1711.86:146:02
1811.86:136:02
1911.96:116:03
2011.96:106:04
2111.96:096:04
2212.06:076:05
2312.06:066:06
2412.06:056:06
2512.16:046:07
2612.16:026:08
2712.16:016:08
2812.26:006:09
2912.25:586:10
3012.25:576:10
3112.35:566:11

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.85 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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34.9Bright
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55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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275.9Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Rosetta

In seasonPeak

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

Rosetta sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

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

Is March a good time to visit Rosetta?

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

7.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Rosetta in March

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

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

sun protection

Sea temperature near Rosetta 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 30 to Dec 18 — about 7.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr19Cool
May21Refreshing
Jun24Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Refreshing

UV index in Rosetta 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 Rosetta peaks around June 20 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 20UV 10Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Rosetta 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 Rosetta is worst in January — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (July, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorJan 1651 µg/m³Jul 2020 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan52Poor
Feb47Poor
Mar39Poor
Apr33Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov44Poor
Dec47Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Rosetta?

Rosetta sits at 31.4°N, 30.4°E, 15 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Idkū, 15 km away.

Topography around Rosetta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rosetta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m.

The land around Rosetta is covered by trees (34%), cropland (26%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, water (42%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%) and water (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
30 m
80 km
54 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Idkū 15 km · Muţūbas 15 km · Fuwwah 25 km · Al Maḩmūdīyah 26 km · Abū Qīr 35 km · Abū Ḩummuş 35 km · Disūq 37 km · ‘Izbat ‘Alī as Sayyid 37 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 Rosetta (31.3995°, 30.4172°, elevation 15 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).