Climate averages 1991–2020
New Cairo weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in New Cairo: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 4.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Shorouk (18 km away). In January its highs average 17.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than New Cairo, with 3.8 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, New Cairo ranks joint 103rd of 107 for the warmest January highs and joint 71st of 107 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 107 cities is 19.3°C; New Cairo is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.8 mm to 5.1 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
New Cairo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- El Shorouk in JanuaryEgypt · 18 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Al Khuşūş in JanuaryEgypt · 20 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Cairo in JanuaryEgypt · 22 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Al-'Ubūr in JanuaryEgypt · 22 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Al Khānkah in JanuaryEgypt · 22 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.7°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Shubrā al Khaymah in JanuaryEgypt · 24 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Giza in JanuaryEgypt · 25 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Al Ḩawāmidīyah in JanuaryEgypt · 26 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 3.7 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.