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When to go to Cairo
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Cairo has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in October to April.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): May to September.
- The warmest month is July (39°C) and the coolest January (18°C). The wettest is November (17 mm) and the driest May (0 mm); about 60 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, dry
- FebMild–warm, dry
- MarMild–warm, dry
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayHot
- JunHot
- JulHot
- AugHot
- SeptHot
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, dry
- DecMild–warm, dry
Month by month
Every month in Cairo
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | 6°C | 8 mm | 61% | 40% | 3.5 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 20°C | 7°C | 7 mm | 56% | 42% | 4.2 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 25°C | 9°C | 7 mm | 51% | 37% | 5.6 | 27°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| April | 29°C | 13°C | 9 mm | 45% | 39% | 6.6 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 34°C | 17°C | 0 mm | 40% | 29% | 7.4 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 37°C | 20°C | 0 mm | 40% | 18% | 8 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 39°C | 21°C | 0 mm | 42% | 17% | 7.8 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 38°C | 22°C | 0 mm | 45% | 22% | 7.1 | 39°C | Hot |
| September | 35°C | 20°C | 0 mm | 50% | 14% | 6.3 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 31°C | 17°C | 5 mm | 56% | 20% | 5 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 25°C | 12°C | 17 mm | 59% | 31% | 3.8 | 29°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 20°C | 8°C | 7 mm | 62% | 38% | 3.2 | 25°C | Mild to warm and dry |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Giza7 kmGood for going: October to April
- 6th of October City33 kmGood for going: October to April
- Zagazig63 kmGood for going: October to April
- Tanta84 kmGood for going: October to April
- Al Fayyum93 kmGood for going: October to April
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá101 kmGood for going: October to April
- Al Mansurah109 kmGood for going: October to April
- Ismailia115 kmGood for going: October to April
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