Al Fayyum climate

Name: Al Fayyum
Address: EG

Al Fayyum is warmest in July, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.9 °C. March is the wettest month (3.0 mm) and July the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al Fayyum averages 10 mm of rain and 245 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 519,047 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 38 °C
Coldest month January 7.9 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month March 3 mm
Least cloud July 1 % cloud
Hottest on record June 46 °C
Coldest on record January 1.9 °C

What to expectAl Fayyum through the year

Al Fayyum has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 38 °C in July, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 245 days a year reach 25 °C, 188 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 3 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.3 °C	2 mm	30 %
February	21.1 °C	2 mm	27 %
March	24.9 °C	3 mm	21 %
April	29.6 °C	under 1 mm	20 %
May	33.9 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
June	36.7 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
July	37.7 °C	0 mm	1 %
August	37.5 °C	0 mm	2 %
September	35.3 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
October	31.3 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
November	25.7 °C	1 mm	25 %
December	20.9 °C	1 mm	29 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.3 °C	7.9 °C	13.4 °C	28.3 °C	1.9 °C	1	0
February	21.1 °C	8.7 °C	14.7 °C	32.4 °C	2.6 °C	3	1
March	24.9 °C	11.1 °C	18.0 °C	38.5 °C	4.8 °C	14	4
April	29.6 °C	14.4 °C	22.1 °C	42.2 °C	7.2 °C	26	13
May	33.9 °C	18.4 °C	26.3 °C	45.6 °C	12.5 °C	31	26
June	36.7 °C	21.1 °C	29.1 °C	45.9 °C	15.7 °C	30	30
July	37.7 °C	22.5 °C	30.3 °C	45.3 °C	19.2 °C	31	31
August	37.5 °C	23.0 °C	30.3 °C	43.2 °C	18.7 °C	31	31
September	35.3 °C	21.4 °C	28.3 °C	43.3 °C	16.8 °C	30	30
October	31.3 °C	18.7 °C	24.8 °C	40.8 °C	11.6 °C	31	20
November	25.7 °C	14.1 °C	19.6 °C	35.4 °C	6.5 °C	17	2
December	20.9 °C	9.7 °C	15.0 °C	30.2 °C	2.6 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	0	10 h/day	30 %	58 %	15 km/h
February	2 mm	1	11 h/day	27 %	53 %	15 km/h
March	3 mm	0	12 h/day	21 %	47 %	17 km/h
April	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	20 %	39 %	18 km/h
May	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	16 %	37 %	18 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	39 %	19 km/h
July	0 mm	0	14 h/day	1 %	43 %	17 km/h
August	0 mm	0	13 h/day	2 %	45 %	17 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	3 %	47 %	18 km/h
October	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	12 %	51 %	16 km/h
November	1 mm	0	11 h/day	25 %	56 %	15 km/h
December	1 mm	0	10 h/day	29 %	60 %	14 km/h

How Al Fayyum compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Al Fayyum	38 °C	7.9 °C	10 mm	245
6th of October City · Egypt	36 °C	6.9 °C	15 mm	230
Cairo · Egypt	37 °C	8.3 °C	19 mm	239
New Cairo · Egypt	35 °C	7.0 °C	23 mm	218

Where Al Fayyum ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in August	2nd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in August	2nd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in May	4th of 50	0.09 mm
The driest places in Africa in July	6th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in September	6th of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in the world in May	6th of 50	0.09 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Al Fayyum’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al Fayyum?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Al Fayyum get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 188 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.9 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Al Fayyum?

March, averaging 3 mm over 0 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 10 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Al Fayyum rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 29.310°, 30.842° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.