Climate averages 1991–2020

Marsá Maţrūḩ weather
in October.

A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 26.5°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 19.3°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 4.9 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a warm month in Marsá Maţrūḩ: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 4.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, 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 Alexandria (255 km away). In October its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Marsá Maţrūḩ, with 7.9 mm of rain.

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Marsá Maţrūḩ ranks 107th of 107 for the warmest October highs and 99th of 107 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 107 cities is 30.9°C; Marsá Maţrūḩ is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.9 mm to 7.2 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Marsá Maţrūḩ climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Marsá Maţrūḩ, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.0°C10.3°C10.3°C112.810.410 h
February 17.9°C10.4°C10.4°C9.22.711.111 h
March 20.2°C11.7°C11.7°C5.91.512.012 h
April 23.1°C13.8°C13.8°C2.20.612.913 h
May 26.3°C16.7°C16.7°C1.80.513.714 h
June 29.2°C20.1°C20.1°C00.014.214 h
July 31.0°C22.3°C22.3°C00.014.014 h
August 31.3°C23.0°C23.0°C00.013.313 h
September 29.7°C21.8°C21.8°C0.80.212.412 h
October, selected 26.5°C19.3°C19.3°C4.91.611.411 h
November 22.3°C15.6°C15.6°C7.22.010.611 h
December 18.5°C12.1°C12.1°C9.52.810.210 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

Distance from Marsá Maţrūḩ

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