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Abu Simbel, month by month.

أبو سمبل

The coolest afternoons come in January, at about 24 °C; the hottest in August, at about 41 °C.

A normal afternoon stays under 30 °C in 4 months: January, February, November, December.

The ground at the site's coordinates sits 196 m above sea level (NASA SRTM).

It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage property.

Abu Simbel: monthly climate normals
MonthAfternoonNight Rain, mm/dayHottest hour on record
January24 °C9 °C0.035 °C
February27 °C11 °C0.038 °C
March31 °C15 °C0.041 °C
April36 °C19 °C0.045 °C
May39 °C23 °C0.047 °C
June41 °C26 °C0.046 °C
July41 °C27 °C0.046 °C
August41 °C27 °C0.046 °C
September40 °C25 °C0.045 °C
October36 °C22 °C0.043 °C
November30 °C16 °C0.038 °C
December25 °C11 °C0.034 °C

Afternoon and night are the mean daily maximum and minimum over 2001-2020; the record is the hottest hour in that month across the whole series. Source: NASA POWER climatology (MERRA-2 reanalysis), layer dated 2026-08-08. These are modelled long-run averages checked against published station normals — not weather-station readings and not a forecast. How they were checked →

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