Climate averages 1991–2020
Ashmūn weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Ashmūn: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sirs al Layyānah (16 km away). In January its highs average 19.2°C, about as warm as Ashmūn, with 4.6 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Ashmūn ranks joint 59th of 107 for the warmest January highs and 47th of 107 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 107 cities is 19.3°C; Ashmūn is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.5 mm to 3.8 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Ashmūn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 3.5 | 1.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.3 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 36.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 36.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 34.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 10.210 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
January in nearby cities
- Sirs al Layyānah in JanuaryEgypt · 16 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Munūf in JanuaryEgypt · 19 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah in JanuaryEgypt · 19 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Awsīm in JanuaryEgypt · 25 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Qalyub in JanuaryEgypt · 26 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Banhā in JanuaryEgypt · 27 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 8.4°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Shibīn al Kawm in JanuaryEgypt · 29 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Ash-Shaykh Zāyid in JanuaryEgypt · 31 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 2.9 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 Ashmūn) is explained once on the Ashmūn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.