Climate averages 1991–2020
New Cairo weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in New Cairo: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Shorouk (18 km away). In July its highs average 35.5°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 86th of 107 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 107 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 107 cities is 36.5°C; New Cairo is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- El Shorouk in JulyEgypt · 18 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Khuşūş in JulyEgypt · 20 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Cairo in JulyEgypt · 22 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al-'Ubūr in JulyEgypt · 22 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Khānkah in JulyEgypt · 22 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Shubrā al Khaymah in JulyEgypt · 24 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Giza in JulyEgypt · 25 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Ḩawāmidīyah in JulyEgypt · 26 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 0 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.