Cairo Weather in March
Cairo in March
The short of it: Cairo in March averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 4.0 mm (0.16 in) of rain and about 11 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 12° · rain 4.0 mm · daylight 11 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & March
Thirty years of records give Cairo an average March high of 25°, a low of 12° and some 4.0 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 25°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 4.0 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 55 min in mid-March, 50 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates March 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and March.
Against its neighbours, Cairo runs about middling and wetter than most in March. Būlāq Abū al ‘Ilā, 2 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
March in Cairo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 3° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Būlāq Abū al ‘IlāCairo | 2 km W | 25° | 12° | 4.0 mm |
| Ḩadā’iq al QubbahCairo | 4 km NE | 25° | 12° | 4.0 mm |
| Madīnat an NaşrCairo | 5 km E | 25° | 11° | 4.0 mm |
| Shubrā al KhaymahQalyubia | 7 km N | 25° | 11° | 4.0 mm |
| GizaGiza | 7 km SW | 25° | 12° | 3.0 mm |
| Al KhuşūşQalyubia | 12 km NNE | 25° | 11° | 4.0 mm |
| AwsīmGiza | 13 km WNW | 24° | 11° | 3.0 mm |
| Abū an NumrusGiza | 13 km SSW | 25° | 11° | 3.0 mm |