Climate averages 1991–2020
Girga weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Girga: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 16.7°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 (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Minshāh (18 km away). In April its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Girga, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Girga ranks 10th of 107 for the warmest April highs and joint 1st of 107 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 107 cities is 29.0°C; Girga is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 37.4°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
Girga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 27.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 39.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 39.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 39.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 37.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 22.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10.511 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
- Al Minshāh in AprilEgypt · 18 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Sohag in AprilEgypt · 31 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Farshūţ in AprilEgypt · 41 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Juhaynah in AprilEgypt · 54 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ţahţā in AprilEgypt · 62 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ţimā in AprilEgypt · 78 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Ghanāyim in AprilEgypt · 82 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Qina in AprilEgypt · 85 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 0.1 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 Girga) is explained once on the Girga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.