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Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Giza Egypt

In Giza, the summers are long, hot, humid, arid, and clear and the winters are cool, dry, and mostly clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 50°F to 96°F and is rarely below 45°F or above 102°F.

Based on the beach/pool score, the best times of year to visit Giza for hot-weather activities are from mid May to mid July and from mid August to late October.

Climate in Giza

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Giza weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The hot season lasts for 4.6 months, from May 13 to October 1, with an average daily high temperature above 90°F. The hottest month of the year in Giza is August, with an average high of 95°F and low of 75°F.

The cool season lasts for 3.0 months, from December 2 to March 2, with an average daily high temperature below 72°F. The coldest month of the year in Giza is January, with an average low of 50°F and high of 67°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in Giza

Average High and Low Temperature in GizahotcoolcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°F110°F110°FJan 2067°FJan 2067°FJul 3196°FJul 3196°F50°F50°F76°F76°FMay 1390°FMay 1390°FOct 190°FOct 190°FDec 272°FDec 272°FMar 272°FMar 272°F66°F66°F70°F70°F56°F56°F54°F54°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 67°F69°F75°F84°F90°F95°F95°F95°F92°F86°F77°F69°F
Temp. 58°F60°F65°F72°F79°F83°F85°F85°F82°F76°F68°F61°F
Low 50°F52°F56°F61°F67°F72°F75°F75°F72°F67°F60°F53°F

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in Giza

Average Hourly Temperature in GizaJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNowNowcoldcoldcoolcoolcoolcoolcomfortablecomfortablewarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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In Giza, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Giza begins around May 23 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around October 19.

The clearest month of the year in Giza is August, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 99% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 19 and lasts for 7.1 months, ending around May 23.

The cloudiest month of the year in Giza is December, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 27% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in Giza

Cloud Cover Categories in GizaclearercloudiercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Jun 26100%Jun 26100%Dec 1071%Dec 1071%May 2385%May 2385%Oct 1986%Oct 1986%NowNowclearovercastmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 23%21%19%23%18%3%1%1%2%13%24%27%
Clearer 77%79%81%77%82%97%99%99%98%87%76%73%

Giza does not experience significant seasonal variation in the frequency of wet days (i.e., those with greater than 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation). The frequency ranges from -0% to 3%, with an average value of 1%.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in Giza is February, with an average of 0.9 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 3% on February 10.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Giza

Daily Chance of Precipitation in GizaJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Feb 103%Feb 103%Jun 280%Jun 280%Aug 22-0%Aug 22-0%Oct 272%Oct 272%Apr 22%Apr 22%
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 0.9d0.9d0.8d0.3d0.1d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.1d0.4d0.6d0.8d

The sliding 31-day quantity of rainfall in Giza does not vary significantly over the course of the year, staying within 0.1 inches of 0.1 inches throughout.

Average Monthly Rainfall in Giza

Average Monthly Rainfall in GizaJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0.0 in0.0 in0.1 in0.1 in0.2 in0.2 in0.3 in0.3 in0.4 in0.4 in0.5 in0.5 inNov 300.2 inNov 300.2 inJul 250.0 inJul 250.0 inMar 70.2 inMar 70.2 inNowNow
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 0.1″0.1″0.2″0.1″0.0″0.0″0.0″0.0″0.0″0.1″0.2″0.2″

The length of the day in Giza varies significantly over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is December 21, with 10 hours, 13 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 20, with 14 hours, 5 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Giza

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in GizaJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hr12 hr, 6 minMar 2012 hr, 6 minMar 2014 hr, 5 minJun 2014 hr, 5 minJun 2012 hr, 8 minSep 2212 hr, 8 minSep 2210 hr, 13 minDec 2110 hr, 13 minDec 21nightnightdayNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 10.5h11.1h12.0h12.9h13.7h14.0h13.9h13.2h12.3h11.4h10.6h10.3h

The earliest sunrise is at 5:17 AM on April 25, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 51 minutes later at 7:08 AM on October 31. The earliest sunset is at 4:54 PM on December 1, and the latest sunset is 3 hours, 6 minutes later at 8:00 PM on June 30.

Daylight saving time (DST) is observed in Giza during 2024, starting in the spring on April 26, lasting 6.2 months, and ending in the fall on October 31.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in Giza

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in GizaJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMApr 255:17 AMApr 255:17 AM8:00 PMJun 308:00 PMJun 30Dec 14:54 PMDec 14:54 PM7:08 AMOct 317:08 AMOct 31Apr 26DSTApr 26DSTDSTOct 31DSTOct 31daynightnightnightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray. The transitions to and from daylight saving time are indicated by the 'DST' labels.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in Giza

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in GizaJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AM00001010202020203030303040505050606070800000101010102020303030304040404050606070708037NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in Giza

The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

Giza experiences extreme seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 3.9 months, from June 16 to October 11, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 16% of the time. The month with the most muggy days in Giza is August, with 18.8 days that are muggy or worse.

The month with the fewest muggy days in Giza is January, with 0.0 days that are muggy or worse.

Humidity Comfort Levels in Giza

Humidity Comfort Levels in GizamuggyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jan 290%Jan 290%Aug 1663%Aug 1663%Jun 1616%Jun 1616%Oct 1116%Oct 1116%NowNowoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumiddrydrycomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.3d5.1d15.7d18.8d11.2d4.1d0.5d0.0d

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Giza experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 4.6 months, from March 6 to July 26, with average wind speeds of more than 9.1 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Giza is June, with an average hourly wind speed of 10.1 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 7.4 months, from July 26 to March 6. The calmest month of the year in Giza is December, with an average hourly wind speed of 8.0 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in Giza

Average Wind Speed in GizawindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mphJun 810.2 mphJun 810.2 mphJan 57.9 mphJan 57.9 mphMar 69.1 mphMar 69.1 mphJul 269.1 mphJul 269.1 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 8.28.69.19.610.010.19.38.99.08.68.28.0

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Giza varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the north for 9.9 months, from February 22 to December 18, with a peak percentage of 86% on August 27. The wind is most often from the west for 2.1 months, from December 18 to February 22, with a peak percentage of 35% on January 1.

Wind Direction in Giza

Wind Direction in GizaWNWJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNowwestnortheastsouth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Giza throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Giza for general outdoor tourist activities are from late February to late April and from mid October to early December, with a peak score in the first week of November.

Tourism Score in Giza

Tourism Score in Gizabest timebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810108.48.44.34.38.28.26.76.7NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Giza for hot-weather activities are from mid May to mid July and from mid August to late October, with a peak score in the last week of September.

Beach/Pool Score in Giza

Beach/Pool Score in Gizabest timebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810109.19.10.90.98.78.78.08.0NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Giza are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Giza

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in GizaJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%100%Jan 1100%Jan 1100%Jul 2100%Jul 2NowNowcoldcoolwarmhotcomfortablesweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

Growing Degree Days in Giza

Growing Degree Days in GizaJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F1,000°F1,000°F2,000°F2,000°F3,000°F3,000°F4,000°F4,000°F5,000°F5,000°F6,000°F6,000°F7,000°F7,000°F8,000°F8,000°FJan 1290°FJan 1290°FMar 24900°FMar 24900°FMay 51,800°FMay 51,800°FDec 317,999°FDec 317,999°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.7 months, from May 3 to August 26, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 7.5 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Giza is June, with an average of 8.4 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 3.0 months, from November 7 to February 7, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 4.4 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Giza is December, with an average of 3.5 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Giza

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in GizabrightdarkdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhJun 228.5 kWhJun 228.5 kWhDec 173.4 kWhDec 173.4 kWhMay 37.5 kWhMay 37.5 kWhAug 267.5 kWhAug 267.5 kWhNov 74.4 kWhNov 74.4 kWhFeb 74.4 kWhFeb 74.4 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 3.74.76.07.17.88.48.37.86.75.44.13.5

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Giza are 30.008 deg latitude, 31.211 deg longitude, and 98 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Giza contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 213 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 77 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (971 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,707 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Giza is covered by artificial surfaces (79%) and water (12%), within 10 miles by artificial surfaces (36%) and bare soil (33%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (62%) and cropland (31%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Giza, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Giza.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Giza according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Giza is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Giza and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Giza and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands.

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