According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Egypt is March to April and October to November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Egypt
- Best months
- March to April and October to November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Egypt is best for
Iconic ancient monuments like the Giza Pyramids and Luxor, combined with world-class Red Sea diving.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Egypt by month
Monthly averages around Cairo; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 12 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| February | about 14 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| March best | about 17 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| April best | about 21 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| May | about 25 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| June | about 28 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| July | about 30 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| August | about 30 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| September | about 28 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| October best | about 24 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| November best | about 19 °C | little rain (18 mm) |
| December | about 14 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Egypt
- Capital
- Cairo
- Language
- Arabic
- Currency
- Egyptian Pound (EGP)
- Time
- UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
- Plugs
- Type C, F · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +20
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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