Climate averages 1991–2020
Shirbīn weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and one of the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Shirbīn: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a very dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dikirnis (14 km away). In January its highs average 19.0°C, about as warm as Shirbīn, with 8.1 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Shirbīn ranks joint 82nd of 107 for the warmest January highs and joint 90th of 107 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 107 cities is 19.3°C; Shirbīn is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 12 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
Shirbīn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 12 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 8.5 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 34.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 34.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 6.3 | 2.0 | 10.210 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
- Dikirnis in JanuaryEgypt · 14 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Bilqās in JanuaryEgypt · 16 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Ţalkhā in JanuaryEgypt · 21 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Al Mansurah in JanuaryEgypt · 22 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Biyalā in JanuaryEgypt · 29 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 13 mm rain
- As Sinbillāwayn in JanuaryEgypt · 35 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Damietta in JanuaryEgypt · 37 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Al Manzalah in JanuaryEgypt · 39 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 16 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 Shirbīn) is explained once on the Shirbīn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.