Climate averages 1991–2020

Al Fashn weather
in April.

A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.0°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 14.8°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Al Fashn · average highYear overview

April is a hot month in Al Fashn: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bibā (14 km away). In April its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Al Fashn, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Al Fashn ranks joint 27th of 107 for the warmest April highs and joint 35th of 107 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 107 cities is 29.0°C; Al Fashn is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Al Fashn climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Al Fashn, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.3°C7.6°C7.6°C1.50.410.511 h
February 21.2°C8.5°C8.5°C1.50.411.211 h
March 25.2°C11.3°C11.3°C2.40.412.012 h
April, selected 30.0°C14.8°C14.8°C0.20.012.813 h
May 34.3°C19.0°C19.0°C0.10.013.614 h
June 36.9°C21.6°C21.6°C00.013.914 h
July 37.7°C23.0°C23.0°C00.013.814 h
August 37.5°C23.3°C23.3°C00.013.213 h
September 35.3°C21.5°C21.5°C00.012.412 h
October 31.3°C18.6°C18.6°C0.20.011.511 h
November 25.6°C13.7°C13.7°C1.20.310.711 h
December 20.8°C9.3°C9.3°C0.90.310.310 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

April in nearby cities

Distance from Al Fashn

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al Fashn) is explained once on the Al Fashn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.