Ismailia climate

Name: Ismailia
Address: EG

Ismailia is warmest in July, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.8 °C. March is the wettest month (5.5 mm) and August the driest (0.02 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ismailia averages 24 mm of rain, 232 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Egypt · population 429,465 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month January 7.8 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month March 6 mm
Least cloud July 10 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record January -0.1 °C

What to expectIsmailia through the year

Ismailia has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 36 °C in July, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 232 days a year reach 25 °C, 168 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. 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 6 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.9 °C	4 mm	37 %
February	20.3 °C	5 mm	36 %
March	23.7 °C	6 mm	32 %
April	27.9 °C	2 mm	27 %
May	31.9 °C	1 mm	23 %
June	34.8 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
July	36.3 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
August	36.0 °C	under 1 mm	13 %
September	33.6 °C	under 1 mm	13 %
October	29.9 °C	2 mm	22 %
November	24.9 °C	2 mm	34 %
December	20.5 °C	3 mm	35 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.9 °C	7.8 °C	13.2 °C	28.8 °C	-0.1 °C	1	0
February	20.3 °C	8.3 °C	14.2 °C	33.3 °C	2.1 °C	3	0
March	23.7 °C	10.3 °C	16.8 °C	38.6 °C	3.8 °C	9	3
April	27.9 °C	12.9 °C	20.2 °C	41.7 °C	4.6 °C	21	8
May	31.9 °C	16.3 °C	23.8 °C	45.3 °C	11.2 °C	31	21
June	34.8 °C	19.2 °C	26.6 °C	44.5 °C	13.4 °C	30	29
July	36.3 °C	21.3 °C	28.4 °C	43.0 °C	17.2 °C	31	31
August	36.0 °C	22.1 °C	28.5 °C	43.1 °C	17.9 °C	31	31
September	33.6 °C	20.6 °C	26.6 °C	41.4 °C	16.0 °C	30	29
October	29.9 °C	17.9 °C	23.5 °C	39.2 °C	11.3 °C	30	15
November	24.9 °C	13.7 °C	19.0 °C	35.1 °C	6.3 °C	13	2
December	20.5 °C	9.6 °C	14.8 °C	31.4 °C	2.5 °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	37 %	64 %	18 km/h
February	5 mm	1	11 h/day	36 %	61 %	19 km/h
March	6 mm	1	12 h/day	32 %	58 %	21 km/h
April	2 mm	0	13 h/day	27 %	54 %	21 km/h
May	1 mm	0	14 h/day	23 %	54 %	22 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	10 %	56 %	22 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	10 %	58 %	20 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	13 %	61 %	19 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	13 %	62 %	20 km/h
October	2 mm	0	11 h/day	22 %	65 %	18 km/h
November	2 mm	1	11 h/day	34 %	65 %	16 km/h
December	3 mm	1	10 h/day	35 %	65 %	17 km/h

How Ismailia 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
Ismailia	36 °C	7.8 °C	24 mm	232
Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān · Egypt	36 °C	7.8 °C	21 mm	227
Al Maţarīyah · Egypt	32 °C	11 °C	70 mm	198
Port Said · Egypt	32 °C	11 °C	45 mm	191
Zagazig · Egypt	36 °C	8.4 °C	28 mm	243
Suez · Egypt	37 °C	9.6 °C	22 mm	232

Where Ismailia ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa year-round	15th of 50	2.0 mm
The driest places in Africa in October	17th of 50	1.7 mm
The driest places in Africa in September	17th of 50	0.09 mm
The driest places in the world year-round	17th of 50	2.0 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	20th of 50	0.02 mm
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	21st of 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ismailia’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ismailia?

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 Ismailia get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 168 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 7.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ismailia?

March, averaging 6 mm over 1 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 24 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 Ismailia 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: 30.604°, 32.272° (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.