Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafr ash Shaykh weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kafr ash Shaykh: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basyūn (23 km away). In October its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Kafr ash Shaykh, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Kafr ash Shaykh ranks joint 82nd of 107 for the warmest October highs and 90th of 107 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 107 cities is 30.9°C; Kafr ash Shaykh is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 mm to 6.9 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
Kafr ash Shaykh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 10 | 3.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 9.9 | 2.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 7.1 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 34.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 34.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 30.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 6.9 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 5.6 | 1.9 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Basyūn in OctoberEgypt · 23 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá in OctoberEgypt · 27 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Biyalā in OctoberEgypt · 28 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Disūq in OctoberEgypt · 28 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Kafr az Zayyāt in OctoberEgypt · 34 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Ītāy al Bārūd in OctoberEgypt · 36 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Tanta in OctoberEgypt · 36 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Fuwwah in OctoberEgypt · 39 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 5.7 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 Kafr ash Shaykh) is explained once on the Kafr ash Shaykh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.