Weather

There are basically two seasons in Egypt: a relatively cool season that lasts November-March (by far the better touring season) and a hot season April-October. The Red Sea coast has fewer extremes and is nice year round. October is a good month if you want to visit the rest of the country off season, when prices and tourist crowds are low. During the other off-season months it is simply too hot to be enjoyable, though the average humidity stays in the 7%-20% range. In the spring (especially late March to early April), sand and dust storms called khamsin blow in and can reduce visibility (sometimes even in Cairo) to less than 100 feet.

TEMPERATURE CHARTS: Temperature (ºF) - Average lows and highs

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June
Alexandria	51/66	51/67	54/70	59/75	64/80	69/83
Aswan	48/75	51/78	57/87	65/96	73/104	77/107
Cairo	47/66	46/69	52/75	57/83	63/90	64/94
Luxor	42/73	44/78	51/84	60/95	69/103	72/105
Port Said	51/66	52/67	56/70	60/74	66/80	71/84
Sharm el Sheikh	56/75	57/78	57/77	64/84	75/91	80/99
	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Alexandria	73/86	74/87	73/86	68/83	62/77	54/69
Aswan	79/107	79/106	75/103	70/99	61/88	53/78
Cairo	71/96	71/95	68/90	64/86	57/75	51/69
Luxor	74/105	74/106	71/101	64/95	54/85	46/77
Port Said	74/88	75/89	73/87	70/83	64/77	55/69
Sharm el Sheikh	80/101	80/100	79/93	73/86	66/82	61/73

Average Rainfall (inches):

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June
Alexandria	2.0	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.0
Aswan	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cairo	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Luxor	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Port Said	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0
Sharm el Sheikh	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Alexandria	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.4	2.2
Aswan	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cairo	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2
Luxor	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Port Said	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7
Sharm el Sheikh	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

 

DID YOU KNOW?
The Nile River stretches over 4,000 miles and
is the longest river in the world. It flows from
Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile River and
its tributaries run through nine countries.