Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafr az Zayyāt weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Kafr az Zayyāt: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 6.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basyūn (13 km away). In January its highs average 18.9°C, about as warm as Kafr az Zayyāt, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Kafr az Zayyāt ranks joint 70th of 107 for the warmest January highs and 82nd of 107 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 107 cities is 19.3°C; Kafr az Zayyāt is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.8 mm to 6.5 mm.
The annual picture
January 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 az Zayyāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 6.8 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 5.3 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 34.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 35.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Basyūn in JanuaryEgypt · 13 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Ītāy al Bārūd in JanuaryEgypt · 16 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Tanta in JanuaryEgypt · 18 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Talā in JanuaryEgypt · 20 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Ash Shuhadā’ in JanuaryEgypt · 27 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Kafr ash Shaykh in JanuaryEgypt · 34 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Shibīn al Kawm in JanuaryEgypt · 35 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá in JanuaryEgypt · 37 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.7°C · 8.7 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 az Zayyāt) is explained once on the Kafr az Zayyāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.