Climate averages 1991–2020
Sohag weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 10th driest 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 Sohag: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Minshāh (14 km away). In January its highs average 20.8°C, about as warm as Sohag, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Sohag ranks 12th of 107 for the warmest January highs and joint 21st of 107 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 107 cities is 19.3°C; Sohag is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 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
Sohag climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 20.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 27.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 36.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 39.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 39.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 39.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 37.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 22.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Al Minshāh in JanuaryEgypt · 14 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Juhaynah in JanuaryEgypt · 24 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Ţahţā in JanuaryEgypt · 30 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Girga in JanuaryEgypt · 31 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Ţimā in JanuaryEgypt · 47 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Al Ghanāyim in JanuaryEgypt · 51 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Abū Tīj in JanuaryEgypt · 66 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Farshūţ in JanuaryEgypt · 73 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 0.5 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 Sohag) is explained once on the Sohag year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Al Minshāh lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.