Hurghada climate

Name: Hurghada
Address: EG

Hurghada is warmest in August, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. October is the wettest month (2.4 mm) and June the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Hurghada averages 9 mm of rain and 241 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 207,132 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month January 13 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month October 2 mm
Least cloud August 2 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record February 7.9 °C
Warmest sea August 29 °C

What to expectHurghada through the year

Hurghada has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 35 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 241 days a year reach 25 °C, 157 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 2 mm in October. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Hurghada is warmest in August at 29 °C and coldest in February at 22 °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	20.2 °C	2 mm	20 %
February	21.4 °C	1 mm	19 %
March	23.9 °C	2 mm	16 %
April	27.2 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
May	30.6 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
June	33.1 °C	0 mm	2 %
July	34.2 °C	0 mm	2 %
August	34.5 °C	0 mm	2 %
September	32.7 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
October	29.7 °C	2 mm	9 %
November	25.5 °C	1 mm	17 %
December	21.8 °C	1 mm	21 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	20.2 °C	13.2 °C	16.7 °C	26.8 °C	8.1 °C	1	0
February	21.4 °C	14.0 °C	17.7 °C	28.6 °C	7.9 °C	2	0
March	23.9 °C	16.3 °C	20.2 °C	31.1 °C	9.9 °C	10	0
April	27.2 °C	19.4 °C	23.6 °C	34.7 °C	11.5 °C	24	4
May	30.6 °C	23.0 °C	27.2 °C	37.2 °C	17.9 °C	31	19
June	33.1 °C	25.6 °C	29.7 °C	38.7 °C	20.2 °C	30	30
July	34.2 °C	27.1 °C	31.0 °C	40.0 °C	22.5 °C	31	31
August	34.5 °C	27.5 °C	31.2 °C	39.1 °C	23.6 °C	31	31
September	32.7 °C	25.5 °C	29.2 °C	36.6 °C	21.2 °C	30	29
October	29.7 °C	22.8 °C	26.2 °C	36.0 °C	17.0 °C	30	14
November	25.5 °C	18.7 °C	22.0 °C	31.6 °C	12.3 °C	18	0
December	21.8 °C	14.9 °C	18.3 °C	29.3 °C	8.3 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	2 mm	11 h/day	20 %	53 %	24 km/h	23.2 °C
February	1 mm	11 h/day	19 %	49 %	24 km/h	22.4 °C
March	2 mm	12 h/day	16 %	47 %	25 km/h	22.4 °C
April	under 1 mm	13 h/day	16 %	42 %	25 km/h	23.0 °C
May	under 1 mm	13 h/day	16 %	40 %	25 km/h	24.7 °C
June	0 mm	14 h/day	2 %	38 %	27 km/h	26.0 °C
July	0 mm	14 h/day	2 %	40 %	25 km/h	27.7 °C
August	0 mm	13 h/day	2 %	42 %	26 km/h	28.5 °C
September	under 1 mm	12 h/day	2 %	46 %	26 km/h	27.6 °C
October	2 mm	12 h/day	9 %	51 %	23 km/h	27.4 °C
November	1 mm	11 h/day	17 %	54 %	22 km/h	26.3 °C
December	1 mm	10 h/day	21 %	53 %	23 km/h	24.5 °C

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

Where Hurghada ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in April	2nd of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in November	3rd of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in the world in April	6th of 50	97/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in August	6th of 50	29 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa year-round	7th of 50	88/100
The driest places in Africa in August	8th of 50	0 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Hurghada’s climate

When is the best time to visit Hurghada?

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

How hot does Hurghada get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 157 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Hurghada?

October, averaging 2 mm over 0 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 9 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 Hurghada 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: 27.257°, 33.813° (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.