Climate averages 1991–2020
Esna weather
in August.
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.
August is a very hot month in Esna: daytime highs average 40.1°C and nights cool to about 26.6°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 August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Armant (36 km away). In August its highs average 40.4°C, about as warm as Esna, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Esna ranks 8th of 107 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 107 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 107 cities is 36.4°C; Esna is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 38.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Esna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 10.811 h |
| February | 23.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 37.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 39.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 40.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| August, selected | 40.1°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 38.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 22.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Armant in AugustEgypt · 36 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Luxor in AugustEgypt · 46 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Edfu in AugustEgypt · 48 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 27.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Qūş in AugustEgypt · 72 kmHigh 40.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Farshūţ in AugustEgypt · 93 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Qina in AugustEgypt · 98 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Kom Ombo in AugustEgypt · 99 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Girga in AugustEgypt · 134 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 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 Esna) is explained once on the Esna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.