Arīsh climate

Name: Arīsh
Address: EG

Arīsh is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.4 °C. January is the wettest month (12 mm) and July the driest (0.09 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Arīsh averages 59 mm of rain and 193 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 199,243 · 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 August 32 °C
Coldest month January 8.4 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 12 mm
Least cloud July 14 % cloud
Hottest on record June 44 °C
Coldest on record January 0.8 °C
Warmest sea August 29 °C

What to expectArīsh through the year

Arīsh has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 193 days a year reach 25 °C, 96 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 12 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Arīsh is warmest in August at 29 °C and coldest in February at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.3 °C	12 mm	37 %
February	18.2 °C	12 mm	37 %
March	20.8 °C	11 mm	35 %
April	24.1 °C	4 mm	32 %
May	27.2 °C	2 mm	27 %
June	29.8 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
July	31.7 °C	under 1 mm	14 %
August	31.8 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
September	30.1 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
October	27.4 °C	5 mm	26 %
November	23.2 °C	6 mm	34 %
December	19.0 °C	7 mm	36 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.3 °C	8.4 °C	12.8 °C	28.6 °C	0.8 °C	0	0
February	18.2 °C	8.8 °C	13.4 °C	31.3 °C	2.3 °C	1	0
March	20.8 °C	10.7 °C	15.7 °C	38.1 °C	4.8 °C	4	1
April	24.1 °C	13.2 °C	18.6 °C	40.9 °C	6.8 °C	9	3
May	27.2 °C	16.5 °C	21.7 °C	43.9 °C	10.7 °C	22	5
June	29.8 °C	19.7 °C	24.5 °C	44.0 °C	14.7 °C	30	12
July	31.7 °C	22.0 °C	26.5 °C	40.0 °C	17.9 °C	31	26
August	31.8 °C	22.7 °C	26.9 °C	38.4 °C	19.1 °C	31	29
September	30.1 °C	21.5 °C	25.6 °C	39.2 °C	16.4 °C	30	14
October	27.4 °C	19.0 °C	23.1 °C	37.7 °C	11.9 °C	27	3
November	23.2 °C	14.3 °C	18.7 °C	33.5 °C	5.2 °C	7	0
December	19.0 °C	10.2 °C	14.5 °C	29.5 °C	3.3 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	12 mm	3	10 h/day	37 %	70 %	21 km/h	18.3 °C
February	12 mm	3	11 h/day	37 %	69 %	22 km/h	17.3 °C
March	11 mm	2	12 h/day	35 %	68 %	23 km/h	17.6 °C
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	32 %	66 %	24 km/h	19.3 °C
May	2 mm	0	14 h/day	27 %	67 %	23 km/h	21.9 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	15 %	70 %	23 km/h	25.1 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	14 %	71 %	22 km/h	27.5 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	17 %	73 %	22 km/h	28.8 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	17 %	71 %	22 km/h	28.4 °C
October	5 mm	1	11 h/day	26 %	72 %	20 km/h	26.6 °C
November	6 mm	2	11 h/day	34 %	70 %	18 km/h	23.6 °C
December	7 mm	2	10 h/day	36 %	70 %	19 km/h	20.6 °C

How Arīsh 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
Arīsh	32 °C	8.4 °C	59 mm	193
Khān Yūnis · Palestinian Territory	33 °C	8.5 °C	152 mm	206
Gaza · Palestinian Territory	32 °C	9.6 °C	288 mm	193
Beersheba · Israel	33 °C	7.0 °C	130 mm	205
Ashdod · Israel	31 °C	9.9 °C	285 mm	180
Hebron · Palestinian Territory	32 °C	5.0 °C	205 mm	174
Tel Aviv · Israel	31 °C	10.0 °C	405 mm	189

Where Arīsh ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in August	4th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in September	7th of 50	28 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	8th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	12th of 50	100/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in July	12th of 50	28 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in November	13th of 50	90/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Arīsh.

QuestionsCommon questions about Arīsh’s climate

When is the best time to visit Arīsh?

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

How hot does Arīsh get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 96 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.4 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Arīsh?

January, averaging 12 mm over 3 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 59 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 Arīsh 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: 31.132°, 33.798° (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.