Cairo climate

Name: Cairo
Address: EG

Cairo is warmest in July, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.3 °C. January is the wettest month (4.3 mm) and August the driest (0.01 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cairo averages 19 mm of rain and 239 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 9,606,916 · 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 37 °C
Coldest month January 8.3 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 4 mm
Least cloud June 5 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record February 2.0 °C

What to expectCairo through the year

Cairo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 37 °C in July, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 239 days a year reach 25 °C, 179 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in August to 4 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.1 °C	4 mm	34 %
February	20.7 °C	4 mm	32 %
March	24.3 °C	4 mm	26 %
April	28.7 °C	1 mm	23 %
May	32.9 °C	under 1 mm	19 %
June	35.8 °C	under 1 mm	5 %
July	36.7 °C	under 1 mm	6 %
August	36.4 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
September	34.4 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
October	30.6 °C	1 mm	16 %
November	25.3 °C	2 mm	29 %
December	20.6 °C	2 mm	32 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.1 °C	8.3 °C	13.5 °C	29.6 °C	2.9 °C	1	0
February	20.7 °C	8.9 °C	14.7 °C	33.4 °C	2.0 °C	3	1
March	24.3 °C	10.9 °C	17.5 °C	38.6 °C	4.7 °C	11	3
April	28.7 °C	13.7 °C	21.2 °C	42.4 °C	5.2 °C	23	11
May	32.9 °C	17.2 °C	25.1 °C	45.3 °C	10.9 °C	31	23
June	35.8 °C	19.8 °C	27.8 °C	45.0 °C	14.8 °C	30	30
July	36.7 °C	21.4 °C	29.0 °C	44.4 °C	17.3 °C	31	31
August	36.4 °C	21.9 °C	29.0 °C	42.9 °C	18.0 °C	31	31
September	34.4 °C	20.6 °C	27.3 °C	41.7 °C	15.5 °C	30	30
October	30.6 °C	18.1 °C	24.1 °C	39.7 °C	10.8 °C	30	18
November	25.3 °C	14.1 °C	19.4 °C	36.3 °C	6.1 °C	15	2
December	20.6 °C	10.1 °C	15.1 °C	32.0 °C	3.3 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	10 h/day	34 %	59 %	17 km/h
February	4 mm	1	11 h/day	32 %	54 %	18 km/h
March	4 mm	1	12 h/day	26 %	51 %	19 km/h
April	1 mm	0	13 h/day	23 %	45 %	20 km/h
May	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	19 %	44 %	20 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	5 %	46 %	20 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	6 %	52 %	18 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	7 %	54 %	18 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	7 %	54 %	18 km/h
October	1 mm	0	11 h/day	16 %	57 %	17 km/h
November	2 mm	1	11 h/day	29 %	59 %	16 km/h
December	2 mm	0	10 h/day	32 %	60 %	16 km/h

How Cairo 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
Cairo	37 °C	8.3 °C	19 mm	239
New Cairo · Egypt	35 °C	7.0 °C	23 mm	218
6th of October City · Egypt	36 °C	6.9 °C	15 mm	230
Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān · Egypt	36 °C	7.8 °C	21 mm	227
Zagazig · Egypt	36 °C	8.4 °C	28 mm	243

Where Cairo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in October	10th of 50	0.9 mm
The driest places in Africa year-round	11th of 50	1.5 mm
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	12th of 50	94/100
The driest places in the world year-round	13th of 50	1.5 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	14th of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in Africa in June	15th of 50	0.04 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Cairo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cairo?

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 August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Cairo get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 179 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.3 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Cairo?

January, averaging 4 mm over 1 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 19 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 Cairo 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: 30.063°, 31.250° (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.