Kafr ash Shaykh climate

Name: Kafr ash Shaykh
Address: EG

Kafr ash Shaykh is warmest in August, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.8 °C. January is the wettest month (11 mm) and August the driest (0.02 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kafr ash Shaykh averages 51 mm of rain and 228 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 194,569 · 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 8.8 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 11 mm
Least cloud June 9 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record January 2.4 °C

What to expectKafr ash Shaykh through the year

Kafr ash Shaykh has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 35 °C in August, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 228 days a year reach 25 °C, 163 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 11 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.7 °C	11 mm	41 %
February	19.9 °C	10 mm	38 %
March	23.1 °C	8 mm	32 %
April	27.3 °C	3 mm	27 %
May	31.2 °C	1 mm	22 %
June	33.8 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
July	34.7 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
August	34.8 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
September	33.3 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
October	30.0 °C	3 mm	21 %
November	25.0 °C	7 mm	35 %
December	20.5 °C	6 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.7 °C	8.8 °C	13.4 °C	28.5 °C	2.4 °C	1	0
February	19.9 °C	9.0 °C	14.0 °C	32.2 °C	2.8 °C	2	0
March	23.1 °C	10.5 °C	16.3 °C	37.6 °C	4.4 °C	8	2
April	27.3 °C	13.0 °C	19.6 °C	42.4 °C	4.8 °C	19	7
May	31.2 °C	16.4 °C	23.2 °C	45.3 °C	10.3 °C	30	19
June	33.8 °C	19.6 °C	26.1 °C	43.9 °C	13.3 °C	30	28
July	34.7 °C	21.6 °C	27.4 °C	42.4 °C	17.3 °C	31	31
August	34.8 °C	22.2 °C	27.7 °C	41.8 °C	17.6 °C	31	31
September	33.3 °C	20.7 °C	26.3 °C	41.4 °C	15.5 °C	30	28
October	30.0 °C	18.2 °C	23.4 °C	39.0 °C	12.6 °C	30	15
November	25.0 °C	14.5 °C	19.2 °C	34.7 °C	8.4 °C	14	2
December	20.5 °C	10.7 °C	15.2 °C	32.0 °C	4.0 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	3	10 h/day	41 %	66 %	17 km/h
February	10 mm	3	11 h/day	38 %	64 %	17 km/h
March	8 mm	1	12 h/day	32 %	61 %	18 km/h
April	3 mm	1	13 h/day	27 %	57 %	19 km/h
May	1 mm	0	14 h/day	22 %	57 %	19 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	60 %	18 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	10 %	65 %	17 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	12 %	66 %	17 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	12 %	64 %	17 km/h
October	3 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	65 %	17 km/h
November	7 mm	1	11 h/day	35 %	66 %	16 km/h
December	6 mm	2	10 h/day	40 %	65 %	16 km/h

Where Kafr ash Shaykh ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	4th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in March	13th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	21st of 50	95/100
The driest places in Africa in September	21st of 50	0.3 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	22nd of 50	0.02 mm
The driest places in Africa year-round	22nd of 50	4.3 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Kafr ash Shaykh’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kafr ash Shaykh?

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 Kafr ash Shaykh get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 163 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 8.8 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kafr ash Shaykh?

January, averaging 11 mm over 3 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 51 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 Kafr ash Shaykh 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: 31.112°, 30.940° (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.