Climate averages 1991–2020
Ḩawsh ‘Īsá weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the wettest 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 Ḩawsh ‘Īsá: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Damanhur (22 km away). In January its highs average 18.6°C, about as warm as Ḩawsh ‘Īsá, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Ḩawsh ‘Īsá ranks joint 89th of 107 for the warmest January highs and 99th of 107 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 107 cities is 19.3°C; Ḩawsh ‘Īsá is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 14 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
Ḩawsh ‘Īsá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 17 | 4.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 8.8 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 34.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 34.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 10 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 12 | 3.4 | 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
- Damanhur in JanuaryEgypt · 22 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 8.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Kafr ad Dawwār in JanuaryEgypt · 29 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Ītāy al Bārūd in JanuaryEgypt · 36 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Fuwwah in JanuaryEgypt · 41 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Disūq in JanuaryEgypt · 42 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Idkū in JanuaryEgypt · 44 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Alexandria in JanuaryEgypt · 48 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Basyūn in JanuaryEgypt · 50 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 12 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 Ḩawsh ‘Īsá) is explained once on the Ḩawsh ‘Īsá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.