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Historic Cairo, month by month.

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The coolest afternoons come in January, at about 19 °C; the hottest in July, at about 39 °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 37 m above sea level (NASA SRTM).

It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage property.

Historic Cairo: monthly climate normals
MonthAfternoonNight Rain, mm/dayHottest hour on record
January19 °C7 °C0.329 °C
February21 °C8 °C0.235 °C
March26 °C10 °C0.239 °C
April30 °C13 °C0.343 °C
May34 °C17 °C0.045 °C
June37 °C20 °C0.045 °C
July39 °C22 °C0.045 °C
August38 °C22 °C0.045 °C
September36 °C20 °C0.042 °C
October31 °C18 °C0.141 °C
November26 °C13 °C0.636 °C
December21 °C9 °C0.232 °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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