Zagazig climate

Name: Zagazig
Address: EG

Zagazig is warmest in July, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.4 °C. February is the wettest month (5.8 mm) and August the driest (0.00 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zagazig averages 28 mm of rain and 243 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 430,445 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month January 8.4 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month February 6 mm
Least cloud June 7 % cloud
Hottest on record May 46 °C
Coldest on record February 1.8 °C

What to expectZagazig through the year

Zagazig has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 36 °C in July, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 243 days a year reach 25 °C, 181 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in August to 6 mm in February. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.4 °C	5 mm	38 %
February	20.8 °C	6 mm	35 %
March	24.3 °C	6 mm	30 %
April	28.7 °C	2 mm	26 %
May	32.9 °C	1 mm	21 %
June	35.9 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
July	36.5 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
August	36.2 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
September	34.6 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
October	31.1 °C	2 mm	20 %
November	25.8 °C	3 mm	33 %
December	21.1 °C	4 mm	36 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.4 °C	8.4 °C	13.6 °C	29.3 °C	2.8 °C	1	0
February	20.8 °C	8.8 °C	14.5 °C	32.7 °C	1.8 °C	3	0
March	24.3 °C	10.5 °C	17.1 °C	38.1 °C	4.9 °C	11	3
April	28.7 °C	13.2 °C	20.6 °C	42.1 °C	5.0 °C	24	10
May	32.9 °C	16.6 °C	24.5 °C	46.0 °C	11.1 °C	31	24
June	35.9 °C	19.6 °C	27.4 °C	44.7 °C	14.2 °C	30	30
July	36.5 °C	21.4 °C	28.6 °C	43.5 °C	16.8 °C	31	31
August	36.2 °C	22.0 °C	28.6 °C	42.7 °C	18.0 °C	31	31
September	34.6 °C	20.7 °C	27.1 °C	42.1 °C	16.2 °C	30	30
October	31.1 °C	18.1 °C	24.1 °C	39.4 °C	11.9 °C	30	20
November	25.8 °C	14.2 °C	19.6 °C	36.0 °C	6.5 °C	18	2
December	21.1 °C	10.3 °C	15.3 °C	33.1 °C	2.5 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	1	10 h/day	38 %	61 %	16 km/h
February	6 mm	2	11 h/day	35 %	58 %	17 km/h
March	6 mm	1	12 h/day	30 %	55 %	17 km/h
April	2 mm	0	13 h/day	26 %	51 %	18 km/h
May	1 mm	0	14 h/day	21 %	49 %	18 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	7 %	51 %	17 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	8 %	56 %	15 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	11 %	59 %	15 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	11 %	58 %	16 km/h
October	2 mm	0	11 h/day	20 %	60 %	15 km/h
November	3 mm	1	11 h/day	33 %	61 %	14 km/h
December	4 mm	1	10 h/day	36 %	62 %	15 km/h

Where Zagazig ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	7thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	7thof 50	94/100
The driest places in Africa in August	11thof 50	0.00 mm
The driest places in the world in August	12thof 50	0.00 mm
The driest places in Africa in October	16thof 50	1.6 mm
The driest places in Africa in September	16thof 50	0.08 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zagazig’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zagazig?

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

How hot does Zagazig get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 181 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.4 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Zagazig?

February, averaging 6 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 28 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 Zagazig 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.