Climate averages 1991–2020
Cairo weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Cairo: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 13.8°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 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shubrā al Khaymah (7 km away). In April its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Cairo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Cairo ranks joint 44th of 107 for the warmest April highs and joint 44th of 107 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 107 cities is 29.0°C; Cairo is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Cairo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 3.7 | 1.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 4.4 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 33.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| June | 35.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 36.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 36.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 34.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°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
April in nearby cities
- Shubrā al Khaymah in AprilEgypt · 7 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Giza in AprilEgypt · 7 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al Khuşūş in AprilEgypt · 12 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Awsīm in AprilEgypt · 13 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Qalyub in AprilEgypt · 14 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Kirdāsah in AprilEgypt · 14 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al Ḩawāmidīyah in AprilEgypt · 18 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah in AprilEgypt · 18 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 0.7 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 Cairo) is explained once on the Cairo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Giza, Al Ḩawāmidīyah and Awsīm lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.