Kom Ombo climate

Name: Kom Ombo
Address: EG

Kom Ombo is warmest in August, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.1 °C. January is the wettest month (1.1 mm) and June the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kom Ombo averages 2 mm of rain and 298 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 409,311 · 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 41 °C
Coldest month January 9.1 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month January 1 mm
Least cloud September 3 % cloud
Hottest on record July 48 °C
Coldest on record February 1.2 °C

What to expectKom Ombo through the year

Kom Ombo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in January to 41 °C in August, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 298 days a year reach 25 °C, 240 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	22.6 °C	1 mm	18 %
February	25.2 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
March	29.6 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
April	35.0 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
May	39.1 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
June	40.9 °C	0 mm	3 %
July	41.1 °C	under 1 mm	6 %
August	41.1 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
September	39.5 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
October	35.9 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
November	29.1 °C	under 1 mm	13 %
December	24.2 °C	under 1 mm	18 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	22.6 °C	9.1 °C	15.8 °C	33.8 °C	2.7 °C	7	1
February	25.2 °C	10.7 °C	18.0 °C	37.1 °C	1.2 °C	13	4
March	29.6 °C	14.2 °C	22.2 °C	41.5 °C	5.9 °C	27	13
April	35.0 °C	18.8 °C	27.3 °C	45.2 °C	9.6 °C	30	26
May	39.1 °C	23.4 °C	31.8 °C	47.8 °C	15.7 °C	31	31
June	40.9 °C	25.9 °C	33.9 °C	48.2 °C	20.8 °C	30	30
July	41.1 °C	26.7 °C	34.4 °C	48.3 °C	22.2 °C	31	31
August	41.1 °C	27.1 °C	34.5 °C	47.2 °C	20.4 °C	31	31
September	39.5 °C	24.9 °C	32.4 °C	47.0 °C	19.8 °C	30	30
October	35.9 °C	21.5 °C	28.8 °C	43.7 °C	14.3 °C	31	29
November	29.1 °C	15.5 °C	22.3 °C	37.3 °C	8.0 °C	27	12
December	24.2 °C	10.7 °C	17.4 °C	33.9 °C	1.7 °C	11	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	11 h/day	18 %	41 %	15 km/h
February	under 1 mm	11 h/day	17 %	32 %	16 km/h
March	under 1 mm	12 h/day	15 %	24 %	17 km/h
April	under 1 mm	13 h/day	15 %	18 %	18 km/h
May	under 1 mm	13 h/day	15 %	16 %	18 km/h
June	0 mm	14 h/day	3 %	16 %	18 km/h
July	under 1 mm	14 h/day	6 %	18 %	18 km/h
August	under 1 mm	13 h/day	4 %	19 %	18 km/h
September	under 1 mm	12 h/day	3 %	22 %	17 km/h
October	under 1 mm	12 h/day	8 %	27 %	16 km/h
November	under 1 mm	11 h/day	13 %	36 %	15 km/h
December	under 1 mm	11 h/day	18 %	42 %	15 km/h

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

Where Kom Ombo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in August	1st of 50	41 °C
The warmest places in Africa in June	1st of 50	41 °C
The warmest places in Africa in September	1st of 50	39 °C
The driest places in Africa year-round	2nd of 50	0.2 mm
The driest places in the world year-round	2nd of 50	0.2 mm
The warmest places in Africa in July	2nd of 50	41 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Kom Ombo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kom Ombo?

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, August is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kom Ombo get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 240 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 9.1 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kom Ombo?

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 Kom Ombo 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: 24.477°, 32.946° (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.