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Hurghada, month by month.

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The coolest afternoons come in January, at about 21 °C; the hottest in August, at about 35 °C.

A normal afternoon stays under 30 °C in 6 months: January, February, March, April, November, December.

The ground at the site's coordinates sits 10 m above sea level (NASA SRTM).

Hurghada: monthly climate normals
MonthAfternoonNight Rain, mm/dayHottest hour on record
January21 °C16 °C0.128 °C
February22 °C16 °C0.030 °C
March25 °C18 °C0.132 °C
April28 °C20 °C0.034 °C
May31 °C23 °C0.039 °C
June33 °C25 °C0.039 °C
July34 °C27 °C0.042 °C
August35 °C27 °C0.042 °C
September33 °C26 °C0.038 °C
October30 °C24 °C0.136 °C
November27 °C21 °C0.033 °C
December23 °C18 °C0.029 °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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