Climate averages 1991–2020
Weather in Egypt in January
In January, average daytime highs across the 107 cities listed in Egypt range from 17.0°C in Marsá Maţrūḩ to 22.8°C in Aswān. Monthly rainfall ranges from under 1 mm in Aswān to 46 mm in Alexandria.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
City by city
January in Egypt
| City | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo | 19.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 3.7 | 1.1 |
| Alexandria | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 46 | 7.8 |
| Giza | 19.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 3.7 | 1.1 |
| Shubrā al Khaymah | 19.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 3.7 | 1.0 |
| Port Said | 17.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 23 | 5.3 |
| Suez | 18.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| Al Mansurah | 19.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 8.1 | 2.4 |
| Al Maḩallah al Kubrá | 19.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 8.7 | 2.5 |
| Tanta | 19.1°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 6.6 | 2.0 |
| Assiut | 20.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Al Fayyum | 19.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| Al Khuşūş | 19.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 3.7 | 1.0 |
| Esna | 21.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Zagazig | 19.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 4.7 | 1.5 |
| Ismailia | 18.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 4.0 | 1.4 |
| Luxor | 21.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Kom Ombo | 22.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Aswān | 22.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 6th of October City | 18.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 2.8 | 0.8 |
| Damanhur | 18.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 12 | 3.8 |
| New Cairo | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 4.8 | 1.6 |
| Damietta | 17.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 33 | 6.9 |
| Rosetta | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 44 | 7.5 |
| Minya | 19.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Banī Suwayf | 19.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 1.9 | 0.6 |
| Shibīn al Kawm | 19.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 4.6 | 1.4 |
| Sohag | 20.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Qina | 21.5°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān | 18.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 3.8 | 1.1 |
| Ḩalwān | 19.2°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 2.9 | 0.9 |
| Mallawī | 19.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Hurghada | 20.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| Arīsh | 17.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 45 | 7.5 |
| Kafr ash Shaykh | 18.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 10 | 3.0 |
| Bilbeis | 19.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 4.7 | 1.5 |
| Banhā | 19.3°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 4.8 | 1.4 |
| Idkū | 17.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 31 | 6.8 |
| Marsá Maţrūḩ | 17.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 11 | 2.8 |
| Al Maţarīyah | 18.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 16 | 4.0 |
| Qalyub | 19.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 3.7 | 1.0 |
| Al Ḩawāmidīyah | 19.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 3.7 | 1.1 |
| Abū Kabīr | 19.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 5.9 | 1.7 |
| Mīt Ghamr | 19.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 6.3 | 2.0 |
| Girga | 21.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Disūq | 18.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 16 | 4.8 |
| Samālūţ | 19.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| Al-'Ubūr | 18.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 3.8 | 1.2 |
| Kirdāsah | 18.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 2.9 | 0.8 |
| Bilqās | 18.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 13 | 3.8 |
| Ţahţā | 20.2°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Sinnūris | 19.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 1.9 | 0.4 |
| Kafr ad Dawwār | 17.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 31 | 6.8 |
| Al Manzalah | 18.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 16 | 4.0 |
| Munūf | 19.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 4.6 | 1.4 |
| Ashmūn | 19.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 3.5 | 1.0 |
| As Sinbillāwayn | 19.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 8.1 | 2.4 |
| Maghāghah | 19.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| Manfalūţ | 19.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Fāqūs | 19.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 5.9 | 1.7 |
| Banī Mazār | 19.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| Al Fashn | 19.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| Ţalkhā | 19.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 8.1 | 2.4 |
| Abnūb | 19.8°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Zefta | 19.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 6.3 | 2.0 |
| Abū Tīj | 19.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Dayrūţ | 19.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Ţimā | 20.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Dikirnis | 19.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 8.1 | 2.4 |
| Al Qūşīyah | 19.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Minyā al Qamḩ | 19.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 4.8 | 1.4 |
| Ash-Shaykh Zāyid | 18.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 2.9 | 0.8 |
| Bibā | 19.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 1.9 | 0.6 |
| Al Qurayn | 19.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 4.3 | 1.3 |
| Awsīm | 19.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 3.7 | 1.1 |
| Fuwwah | 18.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 23 | 6.2 |
| El Shorouk | 17.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 3.8 | 1.2 |
| Al Minshāh | 20.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Al Badrashayn | 19.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 2.9 | 0.9 |
| Abū Qurqāş | 19.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Biyalā | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 13 | 3.8 |
| Ibshawāy | 19.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| Qūş | 21.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah | 19.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 3.7 | 1.0 |
| Kafr az Zayyāt | 19.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 6.8 | 1.9 |
| Al Khārjah | 19.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Al-Khārijah | 19.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Ḩawsh ‘Īsá | 18.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 17 | 4.1 |
| Maţāy | 19.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| Al Khānkah | 19.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 3.7 | 1.0 |
| Diyarb Najm | 19.3°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 6.0 | 1.7 |
| Edfu | 22.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Armant | 21.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Sirs al Layyānah | 19.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 4.6 | 1.4 |
| Ītāy al Bārūd | 18.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 12 | 3.5 |
| Juhaynah | 20.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Shirbīn | 18.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 12 | 3.5 |
| Ash Shuhadā’ | 19.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 4.6 | 1.4 |
| Mashtūl as Sūq | 19.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 3.8 | 1.2 |
| Basyūn | 18.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 12 | 3.5 |
| Hihyā | 19.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 6.0 | 1.7 |
| Iţsā | 19.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| Shibīn al Qanāţir | 19.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 3.7 | 1.0 |
| Ţāmiyah | 19.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 2.3 | 0.6 |
| Talā | 19.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 |
| Madīnat as Sādāt | 18.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 2.3 | 0.7 |
| Farshūţ | 21.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Al Ghanāyim | 19.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 0.7 | 0.1 |
A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.