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The warmest places in Africa in July: ranked by average high temperature

Ouargla tops the list at 41 °C in July. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in July: Ouargla (41 °C) , Kom Ombo (41 °C) , Port Sudan (41 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 7.2 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Ouargla Algeria 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 402 h –
2 Kom Ombo Egypt 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 384 h –
3 Port Sudan Sudan 41 °C 41 °C 28 °C 4 mm 1 371 h 31 °C
4 Esna Egypt 40 °C 40 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 386 h –
5 Kandahār Afghanistan 40 °C 40 °C 24 °C 2 mm 0 402 h –
6 Béchar Algeria 40 °C 40 °C 26 °C 1 mm 0 398 h –
7 Girga Egypt 40 °C 40 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 392 h –
8 El Oued Algeria 40 °C 40 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 402 h –
9 Sohag Egypt 39 °C 39 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 394 h –
10 Kunduz Afghanistan 39 °C 39 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 407 h –
11 Djibouti Djibouti 39 °C 39 °C 31 °C 6 mm 1 329 h 30 °C
12 Biskra Algeria 39 °C 39 °C 27 °C 1 mm 0 405 h –
13 Assiut Egypt 39 °C 39 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 400 h –
14 Berbera Somalia 38 °C 38 °C 30 °C 1 mm 0 322 h 29 °C
15 Mallawī Egypt 38 °C 38 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 406 h –
16 Al Fayyum Egypt 38 °C 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 415 h –
17 Mazār-e Sharīf Afghanistan 38 °C 38 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 412 h –
18 Khartoum Sudan 38 °C 38 °C 27 °C 21 mm 4 354 h –
19 Minya Egypt 37 °C 37 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 408 h –
20 Beni Mellal Morocco 37 °C 37 °C 21 °C 9 mm 3 394 h –
21 Suez Egypt 37 °C 37 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 416 h –
22 Cairo Egypt 37 °C 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 416 h –
23 Jalālābād Afghanistan 37 °C 37 °C 26 °C 23 mm 3 387 h –
24 Zagazig Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 410 h –
25 Chlef Algeria 36 °C 36 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 423 h –
26 Ismailia Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 406 h –
27 6th of October City Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 416 h –
28 Wad Medani Sudan 36 °C 36 °C 26 °C 51 mm 10 334 h –
29 Marrakesh Morocco 36 °C 36 °C 18 °C 4 mm 1 398 h –
30 Taza Morocco 36 °C 36 °C 21 °C 6 mm 2 402 h –
31 Al Mansurah Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 412 h –
32 Tahoua Niger 36 °C 36 °C 25 °C 43 mm 10 355 h –
33 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 414 h –
34 Kassala Sudan 35 °C 35 °C 25 °C 56 mm 11 330 h –
35 Fes Morocco 35 °C 35 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 398 h –
36 Mopti Mali 35 °C 35 °C 26 °C 81 mm 13 348 h –
37 New Cairo Egypt 35 °C 35 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 416 h –
38 Tébessa Algeria 35 °C 35 °C 19 °C 9 mm 3 393 h –
39 Herāt Afghanistan 35 °C 35 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 428 h –
40 El Dibir Somalia 35 °C 35 °C 28 °C 1 mm 0 316 h 29 °C
41 Niamey Niger 35 °C 35 °C 25 °C 63 mm 10 345 h –
42 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 35 °C 35 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 414 h –
43 Sousse Tunisia 35 °C 35 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 407 h 25 °C
44 Djelfa Algeria 35 °C 35 °C 20 °C 8 mm 2 405 h –
45 El Fasher Sudan 35 °C 35 °C 23 °C 65 mm 11 350 h –
46 Kayes Mali 34 °C 34 °C 26 °C 103 mm 11 314 h –
47 Sidi Bel Abbes Algeria 34 °C 34 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 412 h –
48 Kosti Sudan 34 °C 34 °C 25 °C 66 mm 11 325 h –
49 Damanhur Egypt 34 °C 34 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 416 h –
50 Bordj Bou Arreridj Algeria 34 °C 34 °C 18 °C 8 mm 2 411 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

June: top 5

  1. Kom Ombo 41 °C
  2. Khartoum 40 °C
  3. Esna 40 °C
  4. Wad Medani 40 °C
  5. Girga 39 °C

Full ranking for June

August: top 5

  1. Cape Town 16 °C
  2. Somerset West 17 °C
  3. George 17 °C
  4. Paarl 18 °C
  5. Maseru 18 °C

Full ranking for August

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in July, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Africa with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, 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.