Sohag climate

Name: Sohag
Address: EG

Sohag is warmest in July, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.3 °C. March is the wettest month (1.4 mm) and June the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sohag averages 4 mm of rain and 269 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 266,944 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month January 7.3 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month March 1 mm
Least cloud August 1 % cloud
Hottest on record May 48 °C
Coldest on record January 0 °C

What to expectSohag through the year

Sohag has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 39 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 269 days a year reach 25 °C, 214 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 1 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	20.5 °C	1 mm	22 %
February	22.8 °C	under 1 mm	20 %
March	27.1 °C	1 mm	16 %
April	32.5 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
May	36.8 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
June	39.0 °C	0 mm	2 %
July	39.5 °C	0 mm	2 %
August	39.3 °C	0 mm	1 %
September	37.2 °C	0 mm	2 %
October	33.5 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
November	27.2 °C	1 mm	17 %
December	22.1 °C	under 1 mm	23 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	20.5 °C	7.3 °C	13.9 °C	31.9 °C	0.0 °C	3	0
February	22.8 °C	8.7 °C	15.8 °C	35.8 °C	1.0 °C	7	2
March	27.1 °C	12.0 °C	19.8 °C	39.8 °C	3.6 °C	20	8
April	32.5 °C	16.3 °C	24.9 °C	43.4 °C	7.9 °C	29	20
May	36.8 °C	21.0 °C	29.5 °C	48.2 °C	13.8 °C	31	30
June	39.0 °C	23.7 °C	31.9 °C	47.4 °C	18.1 °C	30	30
July	39.5 °C	24.7 °C	32.7 °C	47.2 °C	20.3 °C	31	31
August	39.3 °C	24.6 °C	32.5 °C	46.5 °C	20.0 °C	31	31
September	37.2 °C	22.4 °C	30.1 °C	45.1 °C	15.8 °C	30	30
October	33.5 °C	18.9 °C	26.4 °C	43.2 °C	11.5 °C	31	26
November	27.2 °C	13.4 °C	20.3 °C	37.6 °C	5.2 °C	22	6
December	22.1 °C	8.9 °C	15.4 °C	33.4 °C	1.9 °C	5	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	11 h/day	22 %	48 %	16 km/h
February	under 1 mm	11 h/day	20 %	40 %	17 km/h
March	1 mm	12 h/day	16 %	33 %	19 km/h
April	under 1 mm	13 h/day	16 %	24 %	19 km/h
May	under 1 mm	13 h/day	15 %	21 %	20 km/h
June	0 mm	14 h/day	2 %	22 %	21 km/h
July	0 mm	14 h/day	2 %	24 %	20 km/h
August	0 mm	13 h/day	1 %	26 %	21 km/h
September	0 mm	12 h/day	2 %	30 %	20 km/h
October	under 1 mm	12 h/day	7 %	35 %	17 km/h
November	1 mm	11 h/day	17 %	44 %	16 km/h
December	under 1 mm	10 h/day	23 %	49 %	16 km/h

How Sohag 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
Sohag	39 °C	7.3 °C	4 mm	269
Girga · Egypt	40 °C	7.6 °C	3 mm	276
Assiut · Egypt	39 °C	6.9 °C	5 mm	261
Mallawī · Egypt	38 °C	7.2 °C	4 mm	254
Esna · Egypt	40 °C	8.9 °C	2 mm	282
Minya · Egypt	37 °C	7.2 °C	5 mm	246

Where Sohag ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in May	2nd of 50	0.07 mm
The driest places in Africa in September	3rd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in May	3rd of 50	0.07 mm
The driest places in Africa year-round	4th of 50	0.4 mm
The driest places in the world in September	4th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world year-round	4th of 50	0.4 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sohag’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sohag?

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

How hot does Sohag get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 214 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 7.3 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sohag?

March, averaging 1 mm over 0 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 4 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 Sohag 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: 26.557°, 31.695° (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.