Minya climate

Name: Minya
Address: EG

Minya is warmest in July, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.2 °C. March is the wettest month (1.5 mm) and June the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Minya averages 5 mm of rain and 246 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 283,605 · 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 37 °C
Coldest month January 7.2 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month March 2 mm
Least cloud August 1 % cloud
Hottest on record June 47 °C
Coldest on record January 1.2 °C

What to expectMinya through the year

Minya has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 37 °C in July, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 246 days a year reach 25 °C, 189 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in June.

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

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.2 °C	1 mm	26 %
February	21.2 °C	1 mm	23 %
March	25.2 °C	2 mm	18 %
April	30.1 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
May	34.4 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
June	36.8 °C	0 mm	2 %
July	37.5 °C	0 mm	1 %
August	37.4 °C	0 mm	1 %
September	35.2 °C	0 mm	1 %
October	31.3 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
November	25.5 °C	1 mm	21 %
December	20.7 °C	1 mm	26 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.2 °C	7.2 °C	13.2 °C	29.3 °C	1.2 °C	1	0
February	21.2 °C	8.3 °C	14.9 °C	34.0 °C	2.2 °C	4	1
March	25.2 °C	11.4 °C	18.5 °C	38.5 °C	4.7 °C	14	5
April	30.1 °C	15.1 °C	23.0 °C	42.5 °C	7.7 °C	26	13
May	34.4 °C	19.6 °C	27.4 °C	45.9 °C	12.8 °C	31	27
June	36.8 °C	22.4 °C	30.0 °C	46.6 °C	17.5 °C	30	30
July	37.5 °C	23.6 °C	31.0 °C	46.1 °C	19.3 °C	31	31
August	37.4 °C	23.9 °C	31.0 °C	44.0 °C	20.1 °C	31	31
September	35.2 °C	22.0 °C	28.8 °C	43.3 °C	17.8 °C	30	30
October	31.3 °C	18.8 °C	25.0 °C	41.9 °C	12.2 °C	30	20
November	25.5 °C	13.4 °C	19.4 °C	35.7 °C	5.7 °C	16	3
December	20.7 °C	8.9 °C	14.7 °C	31.5 °C	2.4 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	11 h/day	26 %	54 %	16 km/h
February	1 mm	11 h/day	23 %	47 %	16 km/h
March	2 mm	12 h/day	18 %	40 %	18 km/h
April	under 1 mm	13 h/day	17 %	32 %	19 km/h
May	under 1 mm	14 h/day	15 %	29 %	20 km/h
June	0 mm	14 h/day	2 %	31 %	21 km/h
July	0 mm	14 h/day	1 %	34 %	19 km/h
August	0 mm	13 h/day	1 %	36 %	19 km/h
September	0 mm	12 h/day	1 %	40 %	20 km/h
October	under 1 mm	12 h/day	9 %	45 %	17 km/h
November	1 mm	11 h/day	21 %	51 %	15 km/h
December	1 mm	10 h/day	26 %	56 %	15 km/h

How Minya 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
Minya	37 °C	7.2 °C	5 mm	246
Mallawī · Egypt	38 °C	7.2 °C	4 mm	254
Assiut · Egypt	39 °C	6.9 °C	5 mm	261
Al Fayyum · Egypt	38 °C	7.9 °C	10 mm	245

Where Minya ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in September	2ndof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in May	3rdof 50	0.07 mm
The driest places in the world in September	3rdof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in June	4thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in May	4thof 50	0.07 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	5thof 50	0 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Minya’s climate

When is the best time to visit Minya?

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

How hot does Minya get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 189 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.2 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Minya?

March, averaging 2 mm over 0 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 5 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 Minya 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
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.