Climate guideThirty-year normals for Edfu
Edfu climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1 mm1 wet days a year
24.98° N, 32.88° EElevation 90 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
When to goEdfu · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low35° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Edfu has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 41° and nights 27°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 1 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (0 mm, 1 wet days) and February the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 1% in August to 13% in December.
Compared with Cairo, the capital, Edfu is 4.8° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · July
- Coldest nights
- 10° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- August · 1% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 41 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 36 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 22° | 24° | 29° | 35° | 38° | 40° | 41° | 40° | 39° | 35° | 29° | 24° |
| Average low | 10° | 11° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 21° | 16° | 11° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Cloud cover | 11% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 13% |
| Daylight | 10h 45 | 11h 19 | 11h 59 | 12h 44 | 13h 21 | 13h 41 | 13h 33 | 13h 02 | 12h 19 | 11h 36 | 10h 56 | 10h 36 |
| Month score | 100 | 100 | 84 | 60 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 85 | 100 |
ivMonth by month
Edfu in every month
January100
22° / 10°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
February100
24° / 11°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March84
29° / 14°
0 mm · 0 wet days
April60
35° / 19°
0 mm · 0 wet days
May57
38° / 23°
0 mm · 0.5 wet day
June58
40° / 26°
0 mm · 0 wet days
July58
41° / 27°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August57
40° / 27°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
September58
39° / 25°
0 mm · 0 wet days
October58
35° / 21°
1 mm · 0 wet days
November85
29° / 16°
0 mm · 0 wet days
December100
24° / 11°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days