Idkū climate

Name: Idkū
Address: EG

Idkū is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 10 °C. January is the wettest month (33 mm) and August the driest (0.05 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Idkū averages 124 mm of rain and 195 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · 6 m elevation · population 177,152 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month February 10 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 33 mm
Least cloud July 9 % cloud
Hottest on record May 42 °C
Coldest on record January 4.4 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectIdkū through the year

Idkū has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in February to 31 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 195 days a year reach 25 °C, 89 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in August to 33 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Idkū is warmest in August at 28 °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	17.5 °C	33 mm	44 %
February	18.3 °C	22 mm	41 %
March	20.8 °C	12 mm	34 %
April	24.2 °C	4 mm	28 %
May	27.3 °C	1 mm	22 %
June	29.6 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
July	30.8 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
August	31.3 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
September	30.2 °C	1 mm	13 %
October	27.6 °C	7 mm	24 %
November	23.4 °C	19 mm	38 %
December	19.4 °C	25 mm	44 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.5 °C	10.5 °C	13.8 °C	27.0 °C	4.4 °C	0	0
February	18.3 °C	10.5 °C	14.2 °C	30.2 °C	5.2 °C	1	0
March	20.8 °C	11.9 °C	16.0 °C	36.6 °C	5.8 °C	4	1
April	24.2 °C	14.1 °C	18.7 °C	40.8 °C	7.3 °C	10	3
May	27.3 °C	17.3 °C	21.9 °C	42.3 °C	11.7 °C	22	6
June	29.6 °C	20.8 °C	24.8 °C	40.8 °C	14.6 °C	30	11
July	30.8 °C	23.0 °C	26.5 °C	41.1 °C	18.8 °C	31	22
August	31.3 °C	23.6 °C	27.0 °C	39.1 °C	19.7 °C	31	26
September	30.2 °C	22.2 °C	25.8 °C	38.8 °C	17.7 °C	30	15
October	27.6 °C	19.7 °C	23.2 °C	37.3 °C	13.8 °C	27	5
November	23.4 °C	16.1 °C	19.4 °C	33.3 °C	9.3 °C	8	0
December	19.4 °C	12.5 °C	15.7 °C	30.5 °C	5.4 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	33 mm	7	10 h/day	44 %	69 %	19 km/h	18.0 °C
February	22 mm	5	11 h/day	41 %	67 %	20 km/h	17.0 °C
March	12 mm	2	12 h/day	34 %	66 %	20 km/h	17.3 °C
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	28 %	64 %	20 km/h	18.9 °C
May	1 mm	0	14 h/day	22 %	65 %	19 km/h	21.4 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	68 %	19 km/h	24.4 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	71 %	19 km/h	26.5 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	12 %	72 %	18 km/h	27.6 °C
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	13 %	69 %	18 km/h	27.3 °C
October	7 mm	2	11 h/day	24 %	68 %	18 km/h	25.6 °C
November	19 mm	4	11 h/day	38 %	68 %	17 km/h	22.9 °C
December	25 mm	5	10 h/day	44 %	68 %	18 km/h	20.2 °C

How Idkū 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
Idkū	31 °C	10 °C	124 mm	195
Damanhur · Egypt	34 °C	8.6 °C	58 mm	225
Alexandria · Egypt	30 °C	11 °C	95 mm	179
Kafr ash Shaykh · Egypt	35 °C	8.8 °C	51 mm	228

Where Idkū ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	1st of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	1st of 50	100/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	10th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	14th of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in June	17th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in November	17th of 50	88/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Idkū’s climate

When is the best time to visit Idkū?

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

How hot does Idkū get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 89 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 10 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Idkū?

January, averaging 33 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 124 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 Idkū 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: 31.307°, 30.298° , 6 m above sea level (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.