Best time to visit Cairo
The best time to visit Cairo is November–April, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.
Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
°C
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- Average daily high and low
- Precipitation
- Good month
- Best month
- Made good or best by an event
| Month | Average daily high | Average daily low | Precipitation | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.8 °C / 68 °F | 9.3 °C / 49 °F | 3 mm / 0.1 in | best month |
| February | 21.3 °C / 70 °F | 10.2 °C / 50 °F | 4 mm / 0.2 in | best month |
| March | 24.8 °C / 77 °F | 12.7 °C / 55 °F | 5 mm / 0.2 in | best month |
| April | 28.9 °C / 84 °F | 15.5 °C / 60 °F | 1 mm / 0 in | best month |
| May | 32.8 °C / 91 °F | 19 °C / 66 °F | 1 mm / 0 in | good month |
| June | 35.4 °C / 96 °F | 21.7 °C / 71 °F | 0 mm / 0 in | neither best nor good |
| July | 36.1 °C / 97 °F | 23.2 °C / 74 °F | 0 mm / 0 in | neither best nor good |
| August | 36.1 °C / 97 °F | 23.8 °C / 75 °F | 0 mm / 0 in | neither best nor good |
| September | 34.3 °C / 94 °F | 22.4 °C / 72 °F | 0 mm / 0 in | neither best nor good |
| October | 30.7 °C / 87 °F | 19.4 °C / 67 °F | 1 mm / 0 in | good month |
| November | 26.1 °C / 79 °F | 15.2 °C / 59 °F | 2 mm / 0.1 in | best month |
| December | 21.6 °C / 71 °F | 11.2 °C / 52 °F | 2 mm / 0.1 in | best month |
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen
Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:
- Daytime highs
- Night-time lows
- How warm it feels
- Humidity
- How much of the day is sunny
- Hours of daylight
- Monthly rainfall
- How many days it rains
- Days of heavy rain
- Wind
- Snowfall and days with snow
- Major events, such as festivals
The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.
The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.
Best months by activity
Exploring outdoors
Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.
- JJanuary: best
- FFebruary: best
- MMarch: best
- AApril: best
- MMay: good
- JJune: neither
- JJuly: neither
- AAugust: neither
- SSeptember: neither
- OOctober: good
- NNovember: best
- DDecember: best
- Best
- November–April
- Good
- May, October
Excellent for exploring outdoors from November through April, when it is dry, mild and sunny with essentially no rain; June through September turn punishingly hot for walking, with May and October as hot but bearable shoulder months.
Why these months
January · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 16.8 °C / 62 °F, average daily high 19.8 °C / 68 °F, precipitation 3 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 0.9 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, relative humidity 58%, average daily low 9.3 °C / 49 °F.
Also on: Local football season.
Watch out for: Christmas and New Year price surge, Eastern Orthodox Christmas, Egyptian Revolution Day, Ramadan reduced hours.
February · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 18.7 °C / 66 °F, average daily high 21.3 °C / 70 °F, precipitation 4 mm / 0.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 89%, wet days 1 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 10.2 °C / 50 °F, relative humidity 56%.
Also on: Local football season.
Watch out for: Eid al-Fitr, Ramadan reduced hours.
March · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 22.9 °C / 73 °F, average daily high 24.8 °C / 77 °F, precipitation 5 mm / 0.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, wet days 0.5 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 12.7 °C / 55 °F, relative humidity 51%.
Also on: Local football season, Sham An Nessim.
Watch out for: Eid al-Fitr, Ramadan reduced hours.
April · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 27.7 °C / 82 °F, precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 0.2 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 15.5 °C / 60 °F, relative humidity 47%.
Against: average daily high 28.9 °C / 84 °F.
Also on: Local football season, Sham An Nessim.
Watch out for: Sinai Liberation Day.
May · good
In its favour: precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, wet days 0.1 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 19 °C / 66 °F, relative humidity 44%.
Against: feels like (high) 32.6 °C / 91 °F, average daily high 32.8 °C / 91 °F.
Watch out for: Eid al-Adha, Labour Day.
October · good
In its favour: precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, wet days 0.3 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, relative humidity 56%, average daily low 19.4 °C / 67 °F.
Against: feels like (high) 30.8 °C / 87 °F, average daily high 30.7 °C / 87 °F.
Also on: Local football season.
Watch out for: Armed Forces Day, Rice-husk burning haze.
November · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 24.7 °C / 76 °F, precipitation 2 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, average daily high 26.1 °C / 79 °F, wet days 0.5 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 15.2 °C / 59 °F, relative humidity 59%.
Also on: Local football season.
December · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 19 °C / 66 °F, average daily high 21.6 °C / 71 °F, precipitation 2 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 0.5 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 11.2 °C / 52 °F, relative humidity 59%.
Also on: Local football season.
Watch out for: Christmas and New Year price surge.
An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is אתר סקי הר החרמון, Mount Hermon ski resort, Centro de esquí Monte Hermón, 560 km away.
Weather averages
Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels like (high) | 16.8 °C | 18.7 °C | 22.9 °C | 27.7 °C | 32.6 °C | 36.3 °C | 38.2 °C | 38.4 °C | 35.6 °C | 30.8 °C | 24.7 °C | 19 °C |
| Days with heavy rain | 0 days | 0.1 days | 0.1 days | 0 days | 0 days | 0 days | 0 days | 0 days | 0 days | 0 days | 0 days | 0 days |
| Time rain usually falls | 9 am | 3 pm | 11 am | 5 pm | 5 pm | 1 am | -- | -- | 11 am | 5 pm | 4 pm | 4 pm |
| Sunshine per day | 9.6 h | 9.9 h | 11.3 h | 11.8 h | 12.8 h | 13.8 h | 13.5 h | 12.2 h | 11.8 h | 10.8 h | 9.9 h | 9.4 h |
| Relative humidity | 58% | 56% | 51% | 47% | 44% | 48% | 54% | 55% | 55% | 56% | 59% | 59% |
Air quality
Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–2025 | 27 µg/m³ | 20.6 µg/m³ | 23.7 µg/m³ | 20.3 µg/m³ | 19.7 µg/m³ | 20.2 µg/m³ | 21.5 µg/m³ | 18.2 µg/m³ | 17.3 µg/m³ | 18.3 µg/m³ | 25.8 µg/m³ | 25.9 µg/m³ |
| Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–2025 | 48.2 µg/m³ | 37 µg/m³ | 42.5 µg/m³ | 31.5 µg/m³ | 30 µg/m³ | 28.4 µg/m³ | 30.9 µg/m³ | 25.8 µg/m³ | 26.8 µg/m³ | 29.3 µg/m³ | 45.8 µg/m³ | 46.3 µg/m³ |
- Good 15 µg/m³ or less
- Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
- Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
- Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
- Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
- Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³
Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.
Events and seasons
What the weather records cannot show. A major event can lift a month to good or best. The warnings are there to help you plan, and never count against a month.
Reasons to go
- Local football season
January, February, March, April, October, November and December
- Sham An Nessim
March and April, dates vary from year to year
Worth knowing before you go
- Christmas and New Year price surge
25 December–1 January
- Ramadan reduced hours
January, February and March, dates vary from year to year
- Eastern Orthodox Christmas
7 January
- Egyptian Revolution Day
25 January
- Eid al-Fitr
February and March, dates vary from year to year
- Sinai Liberation Day
25 April
- Labour Day
1 May
- Eid al-Adha
May, dates vary from year to year
- July Revolution Day
23 July
- Rice-husk burning haze
September and October
- Armed Forces Day
6 October
World Heritage sites nearby
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 25 km, nearest first.
- Islamic Cairo
2 km away
- Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
15 km away