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Egypt’s weather, month by month, at 18 sites.

How hot a normal afternoon gets at each site in each month. Heat is most of the planning problem in Egypt, and it depends on where as much as on when.

In January, February and December, 18 of 18 sites have a normal afternoon under 28 °C — the most of any month. In July, August and September, none does.

The hottest normal afternoon in the table is Philae Temple in August, about 43 °C.

In July the spread between sites is 13 °C: about 29 °C at Abu Mena, about 42 °C at Philae Temple. Which month to go depends on where as much as on when.

Every site stays under 34 °C in the afternoon in January, February, March, November and December.

21 °C or less22–27 °C28–33 °C34–38 °C39 °C or more

Mean daily maximum (a normal afternoon), °C, by month. Sites north to south.
Site	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Alexandria	19	20	23	26	30	33	34	34	33	29	25	21
Abu Mena	17	18	19	22	25	27	29	30	28	26	23	19
The Suez Canal at Ismailia	19	21	24	28	33	36	37	37	34	30	25	20
Historic Cairo	19	21	26	30	34	37	39	38	36	31	26	21
The Giza Pyramids	19	21	26	30	34	37	39	38	36	31	26	21
Saqqara	19	21	26	30	34	37	39	38	36	31	26	21
Wadi al-Hitan	18	20	24	28	33	36	37	37	34	30	24	19
Siwa Oasis	18	20	24	29	33	36	38	37	35	30	24	19
Saint Catherine's Monastery	17	19	23	27	31	35	36	36	34	29	24	19
Dahab	20	22	26	30	34	37	39	39	37	32	26	22
Hurghada	21	22	25	28	31	33	34	35	33	30	27	23
The White Desert	19	21	26	31	35	38	38	38	36	31	25	20
Abydos	21	24	28	33	37	39	40	40	38	34	27	22
Dendera Temple	22	25	30	34	39	41	41	42	40	36	29	24
Valley of the Kings	22	25	30	34	38	41	41	41	39	35	29	24
Karnak Temple	22	25	30	34	38	41	41	41	39	35	29	24
Philae Temple	24	27	32	36	40	42	42	43	41	37	30	26
Abu Simbel	24	27	31	36	39	41	41	41	40	36	30	25

Source: NASA POWER climatology (MERRA-2 reanalysis), normals 2001–2020, layer dated 2026-08-08. Modelled long-run averages checked against published station normals — not weather-station readings and not a forecast. Each site name opens its own page, with nights, rain and the hours of golden light. How the figures were checked →

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