Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash-Shaykh Zāyid weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ash-Shaykh Zāyid: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical October (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kirdāsah (11 km away). In October its highs average 30.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Ash-Shaykh Zāyid, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Ash-Shaykh Zāyid ranks joint 89th of 107 for the warmest October highs and joint 43rd of 107 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 107 cities is 30.9°C; Ash-Shaykh Zāyid is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.0 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ash-Shaykh Zāyid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 2.9 | 0.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 4.2 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| June | 34.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 35.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 33.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 29.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 19.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 10.310 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
October in nearby cities
- Kirdāsah in OctoberEgypt · 11 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Awsīm in OctoberEgypt · 17 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Giza in OctoberEgypt · 20 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- 6th of October City in OctoberEgypt · 23 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah in OctoberEgypt · 23 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Cairo in OctoberEgypt · 24 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Qalyub in OctoberEgypt · 27 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Shubrā al Khaymah in OctoberEgypt · 27 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ash-Shaykh Zāyid) is explained once on the Ash-Shaykh Zāyid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kirdāsah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.