Climate averages 1991–2020

Hihyā weather
in April.

A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 28.6°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 13.2°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 2.4 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Hihyā · average highYear overview

April is a hot month in Hihyā: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 2.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Abū Kabīr (10 km away). In April its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Hihyā, with 2.7 mm of rain.

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Hihyā ranks joint 56th of 107 for the warmest April highs and joint 80th of 107 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 107 cities is 29.0°C; Hihyā is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.4 mm to under 1 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

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

Every month, side by side

Hihyā climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Hihyā, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.4°C8.5°C8.5°C6.01.710.410 h
February 20.8°C8.8°C8.8°C6.82.211.111 h
March 24.3°C10.6°C10.6°C5.51.112.012 h
April, selected 28.6°C13.2°C13.2°C2.40.612.913 h
May 32.7°C16.6°C16.6°C0.90.313.714 h
June 35.7°C19.5°C19.5°C0.10.014.114 h
July 36.3°C21.3°C21.3°C00.013.914 h
August 35.9°C21.9°C21.9°C00.013.313 h
September 34.4°C20.7°C20.7°C0.10.012.412 h
October 30.9°C18.2°C18.2°C2.50.511.411 h
November 25.7°C14.4°C14.4°C4.01.010.611 h
December 21.1°C10.4°C10.4°C3.61.010.210 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

April in nearby cities

Distance from Hihyā

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

Diyarb Najm lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.