Climate averages 1991–2020

Qina weather
in August.

A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 40.7°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 24.6°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a very hot month in Qina: daytime highs average 40.7°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Qūş (28 km away). In August its highs average 40.8°C, about as warm as Qina, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Qina ranks 5th of 107 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 107 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 107 cities is 36.4°C; Qina is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 38.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Qina climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Qina, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	21.5°C6.7°C	6.7°C	0.5	0.2	10.711 h
February	24.0°C8.3°C	8.3°C	0.6	0.1	11.311 h
March	28.5°C12.1°C	12.1°C	0.7	0.1	12.012 h
April	33.8°C16.6°C	16.6°C	0.1	0.0	12.813 h
May	38.1°C21.3°C	21.3°C	0.3	0.1	13.413 h
June	40.4°C23.9°C	23.9°C	0	0.0	13.714 h
July	40.8°C24.7°C	24.7°C	0	0.0	13.614 h
August, selected	40.7°C24.6°C	24.6°C	0	0.0	13.113 h
September	38.9°C22.4°C	22.4°C	0	0.0	12.312 h
October	34.9°C18.7°C	18.7°C	0.2	0.1	11.612 h
November	28.2°C12.9°C	12.9°C	0.6	0.1	10.911 h
December	23.1°C8.2°C	8.2°C	0.9	0.1	10.511 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

August in nearby cities

Distance from Qina

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