Climate averages 1991–2020
New Cairo weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th 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.
October is a hot month in New Cairo: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Shorouk (18 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as New Cairo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, New Cairo ranks 96th of 107 for the warmest October highs and joint 54th of 107 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 107 cities is 30.9°C; New Cairo is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 2.2 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- El Shorouk in OctoberEgypt · 18 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Al Khuşūş in OctoberEgypt · 20 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Cairo in OctoberEgypt · 22 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al-'Ubūr in OctoberEgypt · 22 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Al Khānkah in OctoberEgypt · 22 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Shubrā al Khaymah in OctoberEgypt · 24 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Giza in OctoberEgypt · 25 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al Ḩawāmidīyah in OctoberEgypt · 26 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.4°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.