Khān Yūnis weather in March

In March, Khān Yūnis sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 19 mm of rain across 4.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% 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 Khān Yūnis's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khān Yūnis's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
9th warmest
Overnight low
12°
4th coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
4.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:00 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
34%
9th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.9
out of 10

Khān Yūnis is City in Gaza Strip, State of Palestine.

Founded
1389

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical March day in Khān Yūnis reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 4°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Khān Yūnis

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.

Khān Yūnis weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 358.210.26.5
Feb19° / 10°276.910.96.9
Mar22° / 12°194.511.87.9
Apr26° / 14°72.212.78.6
May29° / 17°30.813.67.7
Jun31° / 21°10.2146.3
Jul33° / 23°00.113.85.2
Aug33° / 24°0013.15.0
Sep32° / 22°10.312.25.8
Oct29° / 19°92.311.27.1
Nov25° / 14°164.510.48.1
Dec20° / 10°236.3107.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Khān Yūnis gets around 19 mm of rain over 4.5 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 15% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days.

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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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in March

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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 6:18 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:185:34
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511.46:135:37
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.41 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Khān Yūnis

In seasonPeak

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

Khān Yūnis 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 Khān Yūnis?

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

7.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Khān Yūnis in March

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

In March, Khān Yūnis sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Khān Yūnis in March

The nearest coast averages about 18°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 18 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 29 to Dec 25 — about 7.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan19Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar18Cool
Apr19Cool
May22Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct27Warm
Nov24Refreshing
Dec21Refreshing

UV index in Khān Yūnis 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 Khān Yūnis peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar7High
Apr7Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Khān Yūnis 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 Khān Yūnis is worst in February — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.4× the cleanest month (August, 27 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1464 µg/m³Aug 1827 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan61Unhealthy
Feb64Unhealthy
Mar60Unhealthy
Apr56Unhealthy
May48Poor
Jun35Poor
Jul28Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct35Moderate
Nov54Poor
Dec60Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Khān Yūnis?

Khān Yūnis sits at 31.3°N, 34.3°E, 55 m above sea level, in Palestinian Territory. The nearest listed city is Banī Suhaylā, 2.0 km away.

RafaḩDayr al BalaḩAz ZuwāydahAl Burayj

Topography around Khān Yūnis

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khān Yūnis has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 54 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,018 m.

The land around Khān Yūnis is covered by artificial surfaces (61%) within 3 km, water (32%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (45%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
141 m
80 km
1,018 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Banī Suhaylā 2.0 km · ‘Abasān al Kabīrah 4.0 km · Al Qarārah 5.0 km · Rafaḩ 8.0 km · Rafaḩ 9.0 km · Dayr al Balaḩ 10 km · Az Zuwāydah 13 km · Al Burayj 14 km

Palestinian Territory travel facts

Power plugs
Type C / H
230 V · 50 Hz
GDP per capita
$3,171
2025
Happiness
4.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
81%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.6
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2016
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 463

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 Khān Yūnis (31.3402°, 34.3063°, elevation 55 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).