New Cairo climate

Name: New Cairo
Address: EG

New Cairo is warmest in July, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.0 °C. January is the wettest month (5.4 mm) and August the driest (0.00 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year New Cairo averages 23 mm of rain, 218 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Egypt · population 313,139 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month January 7.0 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 5 mm
Least cloud July 4 % cloud
Hottest on record May 44 °C
Coldest on record February -0.4 °C

What to expectNew Cairo through the year

New Cairo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 35 °C in July, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 218 days a year reach 25 °C, 157 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in August to 5 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.2 °C	5 mm	33 %
February	18.9 °C	5 mm	31 %
March	22.6 °C	5 mm	26 %
April	27.1 °C	1 mm	23 %
May	31.3 °C	1 mm	18 %
June	34.1 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
July	35.1 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
August	34.8 °C	under 1 mm	5 %
September	32.7 °C	under 1 mm	6 %
October	28.8 °C	1 mm	16 %
November	23.5 °C	2 mm	29 %
December	18.8 °C	2 mm	32 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.2 °C	7.0 °C	12.1 °C	28.7 °C	1.3 °C	1	0
February	18.9 °C	7.6 °C	13.3 °C	32.1 °C	-0.4 °C	2	0
March	22.6 °C	9.6 °C	16.2 °C	37.0 °C	2.0 °C	8	2
April	27.1 °C	12.5 °C	20.1 °C	40.2 °C	2.4 °C	19	8
May	31.3 °C	16.0 °C	23.9 °C	43.5 °C	10.0 °C	30	19
June	34.1 °C	18.6 °C	26.6 °C	43.2 °C	13.5 °C	30	29
July	35.1 °C	20.3 °C	27.8 °C	42.6 °C	16.1 °C	31	31
August	34.8 °C	20.7 °C	27.9 °C	41.3 °C	16.6 °C	31	31
September	32.7 °C	19.2 °C	26.0 °C	40.3 °C	14.5 °C	30	27
October	28.8 °C	16.7 °C	22.7 °C	38.3 °C	10.5 °C	28	10
November	23.5 °C	12.7 °C	17.9 °C	34.7 °C	4.6 °C	8	1
December	18.8 °C	8.8 °C	13.7 °C	30.6 °C	1.9 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	2	10 h/day	33 %	60 %	21 km/h
February	5 mm	1	11 h/day	31 %	55 %	22 km/h
March	5 mm	1	12 h/day	26 %	51 %	23 km/h
April	1 mm	0	13 h/day	23 %	45 %	23 km/h
May	1 mm	0	14 h/day	18 %	43 %	23 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	46 %	23 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	51 %	22 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	5 %	54 %	21 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	6 %	55 %	21 km/h
October	1 mm	0	11 h/day	16 %	59 %	20 km/h
November	2 mm	1	11 h/day	29 %	60 %	19 km/h
December	2 mm	1	10 h/day	32 %	61 %	20 km/h

How New Cairo 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
New Cairo	35 °C	7.0 °C	23 mm	218
Cairo · Egypt	37 °C	8.3 °C	19 mm	239
Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān · Egypt	36 °C	7.8 °C	21 mm	227
6th of October City · Egypt	36 °C	6.9 °C	15 mm	230
Zagazig · Egypt	36 °C	8.4 °C	28 mm	243

Where New Cairo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in October	11thof 50	0.9 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	13thof 50	0.00 mm
The driest places in Africa in September	13thof 50	0.03 mm
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	14thof 50	96/100
The driest places in Africa year-round	14thof 50	1.9 mm
The driest places in the world in August	14thof 50	0.00 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit New Cairo.

QuestionsCommon questions about New Cairo’s climate

When is the best time to visit New Cairo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, October, 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 New Cairo get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 157 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in New Cairo?

January, averaging 5 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 23 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 New Cairo 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.