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Valley of the Kings, month by month.

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The coolest afternoons come in January, at about 22 °C; the hottest in August, at about 41 °C.

A normal afternoon stays under 30 °C in 5 months: January, February, March, November, December.

The ground at the site's coordinates sits 183 m above sea level (NASA SRTM).

It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage property.

Valley of the Kings: monthly climate normals
MonthAfternoonNight Rain, mm/dayHottest hour on record
January22 °C6 °C0.033 °C
February25 °C8 °C0.036 °C
March30 °C12 °C0.040 °C
April34 °C16 °C0.043 °C
May38 °C21 °C0.047 °C
June41 °C23 °C0.047 °C
July41 °C24 °C0.047 °C
August41 °C24 °C0.047 °C
September39 °C22 °C0.046 °C
October35 °C19 °C0.043 °C
November29 °C13 °C0.038 °C
December24 °C8 °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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