Climate averages 1991–2020

Hurghada weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 34.2°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 Hurghada: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 27.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

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 41 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Qina (163 km away). In July its highs average 40.8°C, 6.6°C warmer than Hurghada, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Hurghada ranks joint 93rd 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; Hurghada is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 34.5°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

Hurghada climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Hurghada, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	20.2°C13.2°C	13.2°C	1.3	0.3	10.611 h
February	21.4°C14.0°C	14.0°C	0.7	0.1	11.211 h
March	23.9°C16.3°C	16.3°C	1.4	0.1	12.012 h
April	27.2°C19.4°C	19.4°C	0.3	0.1	12.813 h
May	30.6°C23.0°C	23.0°C	0.3	0.1	13.513 h
June	33.1°C25.6°C	25.6°C	0	0.0	13.814 h
July, selected	34.2°C27.0°C	27.0°C	0	0.0	13.714 h
August	34.5°C27.4°C	27.4°C	0	0.0	13.113 h
September	32.7°C25.4°C	25.4°C	0	0.0	12.312 h
October	29.8°C22.8°C	22.8°C	2.5	0.3	11.512 h
November	25.4°C18.7°C	18.7°C	1.2	0.2	10.811 h
December	21.7°C15.0°C	15.0°C	1.1	0.1	10.510 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 Hurghada

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