Resort Weather

Hurghada Weather

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July is the hottest month in Hurghada with an average temperature of 30°C (86°F) and the coldest is January at 16°C (61°F) with average daily sunshine of 13 hours in August. The wettest month is November with an average of under a quarter inch of rain. The best month to swim in the sea is in August when the average sea temperature is 29°C (84°F).

In Hurghada, on the Red Sea coast, the climate is subtropical desert, with mild winters and very hot summers. The best time to travel in Hurghada is between April and June and between September and November.

Egypt Weather

Sharm El-Sheikh Weather

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Sharm el-Sheikh s an Egyptian resort on the Red Sea Coast, in the southern part of Sinai. The climate is subtropical desert, with very mild winters and very hot summers. Hurghada is slight cooler than Sharm.

July is the hottest month in Sharm with an average temperature of 33°C (91°F) and the coldest is January at 18°C (64°F) with 13 hours of sunshine in August. The wettest month is December with an average of less than an inch of rain.

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Luxor Weather

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Luxor has a typically desert style climate with almost no rainfall all year round. Luxor’s climate in most regions is categorized as hot and arid with intense sunshine.. In Luxor, the average annual temperature is 25.1 °C | 77.2 °F.

Luxor is in the northern hemisphere, situated in the upper half of the globe. Summer begins in September and ends at the end of June. Luxor’s summer months are June, July, August, September but the best time to visit is during April, October.

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Alexandria Weather

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Alexandria has a hot desert climate like the rest of Egypt’s northern coast. The prevailing north wind, blowing across the Mediterranean, gives the city a less severe climate than other desert resorts.

Rainfall is very welcome but not much seen, August is the hottest month in Alexandria with an average temperature of 26.5°C (80°F) and the coldest is January at 13°C (55°F) with around 14 hours of daily sunshine in July. The wettest month is January with an average of 1 inch of rain.

It usually snows on the Sinai mountains but almost never snows in Cairo or Alexandria.

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Cairo Weather

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Cairo is close to the Nile River, thus streams and irrigated crops increases humidity.The hot desert wind blows hard in spring, bringing sometimes unbearable heat, along with dust and sand. Temperatures can exceed 40 °C (104 °F) from May to September, and reach 37/38 °C (99/100 °F) in April and October.
Rainfall in Cairo is very welcome but not much seen, amounting to less than a quarter inch per year. In the wettest years, it has been known to exceed 4 inches and falls in the form of showers, between autumn and spring, mostly in winter. Areas to the south of Cairo receive only traces of rainfall, yet can suddenly experience extreme rainfall resulting in flash floods.