Climate averages 1991–2020
New Cairo weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in New Cairo: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Shorouk (18 km away). In April its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as New Cairo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, New Cairo ranks joint 88th of 107 for the warmest April highs and joint 62nd of 107 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 107 cities is 29.0°C; New Cairo is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.0 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
New Cairo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 4.8 | 1.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 5.1 | 1.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 27.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 34.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 35.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 34.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 32.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| November | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| December | 19.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 10.310 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
April in nearby cities
- El Shorouk in AprilEgypt · 18 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al Khuşūş in AprilEgypt · 20 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Cairo in AprilEgypt · 22 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al-'Ubūr in AprilEgypt · 22 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al Khānkah in AprilEgypt · 22 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Shubrā al Khaymah in AprilEgypt · 24 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Giza in AprilEgypt · 25 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al Ḩawāmidīyah in AprilEgypt · 26 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 0.7 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 New Cairo) is explained once on the New Cairo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.