Hurghada climate by month
What the weather is like
Hurghada has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 35° and nights 29°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 6 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (1 mm, 0 wet days) and April the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 0% in August to 15% in December.
The sea reaches about 29° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Cairo, the capital, Hurghada is 0.7° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 35° · August
- Coldest nights
- 15° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- August · 0% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · August
- Longest day
- 13 h 51 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 26 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 22° | 23° | 25° | 28° | 31° | 33° | 35° | 35° | 33° | 31° | 28° | 24° |
| Average low | 15° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 24° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 24° | 20° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 15% |
| Sea temperature | 23° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 25° |
| Daylight | 10h 36 | 11h 14 | 11h 58 | 12h 48 | 13h 29 | 13h 51 | 13h 42 | 13h 07 | 12h 20 | 11h 33 | 10h 49 | 10h 26 |
| Month score | 99 | 99 | 99 | 87 | 73 | 65 | 59 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 90 | 100 |