Cairo, Egypt

Set in dry, desert-edge country, Cairo (Egypt) is best understood through its weather data: our 2015–2024 climate record puts its peak at a 98/100 sun score in April, exactly the kind of reliability you want for a trip of museums, food and old streets.

Across a typical year, afternoon temperatures swing between 20°C (January) and 39°C (July). The wet–dry contrast is modest: 6% rain-day odds in February against 0% in May. The genuinely warm window — average highs of 24°C or better — covers March–November.

The seasonal arc is clear in the data: summer averages 38°C against winter's 21°C, while rain-day odds move from 4% in winter and 2% in spring to 0% in summer and 1% through autumn. Winter wins on the numbers and summer loses them; everything in between is a trade-off between warmth and crowds. If your dates are flexible, November buys you 27°C warmth at the quiet end of the season.

Best months to visit Cairo

Our month-by-month scoring puts April first (98/100), with November (96) and March (95) close behind. Anything in January–December clears our 70-point reliability bar. The month to avoid on pure weather odds is August (70/100).

Among the desert destinations in our catalog, its April rain odds beat 82% of the field.

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Right now the 15-day outlook shows 8 mostly-clear days (under 40% cloud) and none with real rain risk, with temperatures between 13°C and 34°C — which is how Cairo earns its current 97/100 sun score.