Egypt weather: highs and rain, month by month

The short answer

Egypt is dry and sunny most of the year. Cairo's average highs run from 19 °C in January to 35 °C in summer, Luxor's from 23 °C to 41 °C, and Alexandria's from 18 °C to 31 °C. Only Alexandria gets real rain, about 212 mm a year.

• Cairo: 19 °C in January, 35 °C from June to August, 25 mm of rain a year.
• Luxor: 23 °C in January, 41 °C from June to August, 8 mm a year.
• Alexandria: 18 °C in January, 31 °C in August, 212 mm a year.

Checked September 30, 2026

Rain, where it falls

• Alexandria

  About 212 mm a year: 61 mm in January, 53 mm in December, 37 mm in November.

• Cairo

  About 25 mm a year, a few millimetres a month from November to March.

• Luxor

  About 8 mm a year, and months with none at all.