Climate averages 1991–2020
Hurghada weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Hurghada: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qina (163 km away). In October its highs average 34.9°C, 5.1°C warmer than Hurghada, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Hurghada ranks joint 85th of 107 for the warmest October highs and joint 76th of 107 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 107 cities is 30.9°C; Hurghada is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.5 mm to 1.2 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Hurghada climate table
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Qina in OctoberEgypt · 163 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Qūş in OctoberEgypt · 182 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Luxor in OctoberEgypt · 209 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Farshūţ in OctoberEgypt · 212 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Girga in OctoberEgypt · 216 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Minshāh in OctoberEgypt · 217 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Armant in OctoberEgypt · 222 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sohag in OctoberEgypt · 224 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.2 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 Hurghada) is explained once on the Hurghada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.