Esna climate

Name: Esna
Address: EG

Esna is warmest in July, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.9 °C. January is the wettest month (0.7 mm) and June the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Esna averages 2 mm of rain and 282 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 462,787 · 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 40 °C
Coldest month January 8.9 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month January 1 mm
Least cloud September 2 % cloud
Hottest on record July 48 °C
Coldest on record December 2.6 °C

What to expectEsna through the year

Esna has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 40 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 282 days a year reach 25 °C, 226 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 1 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	21.3 °C	1 mm	19 %
February	23.8 °C	under 1 mm	18 %
March	28.3 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
April	33.6 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
May	37.9 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
June	39.9 °C	0 mm	3 %
July	40.2 °C	0 mm	4 %
August	40.2 °C	0 mm	3 %
September	38.4 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
October	34.6 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
November	27.9 °C	under 1 mm	14 %
December	22.8 °C	under 1 mm	19 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	21.3 °C	8.9 °C	15.1 °C	31.9 °C	2.7 °C	4	0
February	23.8 °C	10.4 °C	17.2 °C	35.2 °C	2.8 °C	9	3
March	28.3 °C	14.0 °C	21.3 °C	39.8 °C	7.0 °C	23	10
April	33.6 °C	18.5 °C	26.4 °C	44.1 °C	10.3 °C	30	23
May	37.9 °C	23.1 °C	31.0 °C	47.4 °C	16.5 °C	31	31
June	39.9 °C	25.6 °C	33.2 °C	46.8 °C	20.3 °C	30	30
July	40.2 °C	26.6 °C	33.8 °C	47.7 °C	22.2 °C	31	31
August	40.2 °C	26.7 °C	33.8 °C	46.2 °C	20.5 °C	31	31
September	38.4 °C	24.5 °C	31.6 °C	46.4 °C	19.0 °C	30	30
October	34.6 °C	20.9 °C	27.9 °C	42.8 °C	13.8 °C	31	28
November	27.9 °C	15.1 °C	21.5 °C	36.4 °C	7.3 °C	24	7
December	22.8 °C	10.5 °C	16.6 °C	32.6 °C	2.6 °C	7	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	11 h/day	19 %	44 %	15 km/h
February	under 1 mm	11 h/day	18 %	35 %	17 km/h
March	under 1 mm	12 h/day	16 %	27 %	17 km/h
April	under 1 mm	13 h/day	16 %	20 %	18 km/h
May	under 1 mm	13 h/day	15 %	17 %	18 km/h
June	0 mm	14 h/day	3 %	18 %	19 km/h
July	0 mm	14 h/day	4 %	20 %	19 km/h
August	0 mm	13 h/day	3 %	21 %	19 km/h
September	under 1 mm	12 h/day	2 %	24 %	18 km/h
October	under 1 mm	12 h/day	8 %	29 %	16 km/h
November	under 1 mm	11 h/day	14 %	39 %	14 km/h
December	under 1 mm	11 h/day	19 %	44 %	15 km/h

How Esna 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
Esna	40 °C	8.9 °C	2 mm	282
Kom Ombo · Egypt	41 °C	9.1 °C	2 mm	298
Girga · Egypt	40 °C	7.6 °C	3 mm	276
Sohag · Egypt	39 °C	7.3 °C	4 mm	269
Assiut · Egypt	39 °C	6.9 °C	5 mm	261
Hurghada · Egypt	35 °C	13 °C	9 mm	241

Where Esna ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in October	1stof 50	0.06 mm
The driest places in Africa year-round	1stof 50	0.1 mm
The driest places in the world in October	1stof 50	0.06 mm
The driest places in the world year-round	1stof 50	0.1 mm
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	2ndof 50	97/100
The driest places in Africa in June	2ndof 50	0 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Esna’s climate

When is the best time to visit Esna?

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

How hot does Esna get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 226 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.9 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Esna?

January, averaging 1 mm over 0 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 2 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 Esna 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
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.