Dahab weather in March
March in Dahab: nice, dry — an excellent time to visit.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#5 of 12 months in Dahab · #46 of 1413 destinations to visit in March · comfort 93/100 (tier S)
- Days
- 26°C
- Nights
- 17°C
- Wet days
- 1
- Sun
- 10.9 h
- Humidity
- 40%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Traveller notes on Dahab in March
Notes from nearby Sharm El Sheikh (65 km away)
Dahab doesn't have its own notes for March yet — these are about Sharm El Sheikh, close enough to share the season.
March in Sharm is a diving month with a wind problem. The water is pleasant at 23 to 26C - our row says 23C - and the high-season crowds have gone, which is why regulars recommend it. The complication is the Khamsin, the spring wind that blows through March and April and can reach 30 to 40 knots; whether you get a windy spell is luck, and the advice that follows is to pack warmer clothes than the brochure suggests, because a windy March day is cool and the nights can be genuinely cold. Where you stay matters too: Sharm is more sheltered than the Hurghada coast, but Nabq Bay in the north catches it, and Naama Bay, Hadaba and Sharks Bay are the sheltered picks. The record: 26.2C days that feel like 25C, 18.4C nights, humidity 37 percent and 10.9 hours of sun.
Other months in Dahab
Regulars are specific this marks the beginning of the hot season here, low humidity and a refreshing northerly breeze making the heat genuinely less uncomfortable than the raw temperature numbers alone would suggest. Our row backs that hot, genuinely bone-dry read, 33.7C reading as a hot 33C, over 24.1C nights feeling 22C, with rain essentially absent, 2.2mm across just half a day, and humidity down to 33 percent. Regulars are consistent the sea, the lagoon and the Blue Hole are the standard places to spend the hottest part of the day, some reports of Sinai's inland temperatures pushing past 40C even while the coast itself stays more moderate. The sea sits at a mild 24C. The record: 12.6 hours of sun, a 24.1 kph wind and AQI 65.
June opens the stretch the dive shops here rate highest - June, July and August, partly for the fish that arrive with it - and they add the thing beginners do not expect: in June the water still feels cold to some people, warming properly by August. Our seaTempC of 26.5C is the number behind that, warm by most standards and chilly after a long dive. Above the surface there is nothing gentle about the month: 36.2C by day, 26.9C at night, and a rain column of 0.1mm. The saving grace is the air itself, 33 percent humidity, and a 25.2 kph wind that this town is always breezy with. The record: 12.8 hours of sun and AQI 62.
November in Dahab runs around 23 to 28C, and regulars add a light sweater and long trousers for the evenings, more so towards the end of the month. The wind is the month's real character: November to March is the windsurfing season here, mornings can blow hard, and the forum's line is that the strong spells are avoidable by choosing a sheltered spot rather than a different day. For diving you will want a wetsuit, easily rented in town. The sites are close in - the Islands, the reef in front of the Meridien, and the Blue Hole, which regulars discuss with respect rather than enthusiasm. The record: 26.6C days that feel like 25C, 19.6C nights, 1.3 precipitation days, humidity 49 percent, 9.7 hours of sun and a 26.3C Red Sea.
Forum posters consistently rate October weather in Dahab as excellent - still warm enough for comfortable swimming and sightseeing without the more intense heat of peak summer, with the Red Sea coast generally staying around 30C by day and virtually no rain expected. Posters describe the dry heat here as easily manageable, rarely tipping into genuinely uncomfortable territory even at its warmest. Posters are consistent that Dahab specifically stays breezy essentially year-round, a real factor for beach days and a draw for windsurfers and kitesurfers, though it's worth planning for if a calmer, stiller beach day is what's wanted instead.
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Dahab climate normals — March
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Dahab in March
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Peak crowdsRamadan, Eid al-Fitr, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Dahab's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Fair weatherDahab's weather doesn't swing hard through the year — comfort stays fairly steady in every month.
What's on in Dahab in March
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Holiday
Ramadan
19 Feb – 19 MarClosuresBedouin camps and dive centres keep working, but restaurants off the beachfront strip close until sunset and the whole town drops a gear for the month. Source ↗
- Holiday
Eid al-Fitr
20–23 MarRamadan & EidCrowdedEgyptian families take the whole strip for the holiday and rooms sell out. The diving is unaffected; the town is louder than at any other point in the year. Source ↗
- Season
The gulf wind
15 Mar – 15 Oct · usuallyWind seasonRiskThe northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn. It is why the lagoon is full of kites and why the dive boats do their crossings in the morning.
- Hazard
Sinai flash floods
15 Oct – 15 Mar · usuallyFlood seasonClosuresRare and violent: a storm over the mountains sends water down the wadis and across the coast road, cutting the runs to Nuweiba and St Catherine for a day. Camps in the wadis get evacuated. Source ↗
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Dahab — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
Where is Dahab?
Dahab in March — FAQ
- Is March a good time to visit Dahab?
- March in Dahab: nice, dry — an excellent time to visit. It ranks #5 of 12 months for Dahab on SeasonMap's comfort score (93/100).
- What is the weather like in Dahab in March?
- In March, Dahab averages a daily high of 25.6°C and a low of 16.8°C, with about 9.6 mm of rain over roughly 1.2 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Dahab in March?
- Dahab has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 52 in March.
Within 300 km: Wadi Rum's Desert bloom after the rains around 15 Feb – 10 Apr, and Petra's Petra by Night on 1 Jan – 31 Dec.