Climate averages 1991–2020

Edfu weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 40.9°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 27.0°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a very hot month in Edfu: daytime highs average 40.9°C and nights cool to about 27.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Esna (48 km away). In July its highs average 40.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Edfu, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Edfu ranks joint 2nd of 107 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 107 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 107 cities is 36.5°C; Edfu is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs stay level at 40.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Edfu climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Edfu, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	22.3°C9.1°C	9.1°C	0.9	0.2	10.811 h
February	24.9°C10.7°C	10.7°C	0	0.0	11.311 h
March	29.3°C14.2°C	14.2°C	0.3	0.1	12.012 h
April	34.6°C18.7°C	18.7°C	0.1	0.0	12.713 h
May	38.8°C23.4°C	23.4°C	0.2	0.1	13.313 h
June	40.7°C26.0°C	26.0°C	0	0.0	13.714 h
July, selected	40.9°C27.0°C	27.0°C	0	0.0	13.514 h
August	40.9°C27.2°C	27.2°C	0	0.0	13.013 h
September	39.2°C24.9°C	24.9°C	0	0.0	12.312 h
October	35.5°C21.3°C	21.3°C	0.3	0.1	11.612 h
November	28.8°C15.5°C	15.5°C	0.3	0.2	11.011 h
December	23.9°C10.7°C	10.7°C	0.3	0.1	10.611 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Edfu

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 Edfu) is explained once on the Edfu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.