Middle East & North Africa · City travel

Best time to visit Cairo

Late Oct–Early Apr is the best time to visit. During this period, the average daytime high is 23.9°C, with 0.5 rainy days per 10 days.

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Photo: Wael El Sisi (CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Season calendar

Cairo season score, from early January through late December.Early Jan: Best (season score 90.3)Mid Jan: Best (season score 92.6)Late Jan: Best (season score 90.7)Early Feb: Best (season score 90.7)Mid Feb: Best (season score 90.1)Late Feb: Best (season score 92.3)Early Mar: Best (season score 92.7)Mid Mar: Best (season score 93.5)Late Mar: Best (season score 91.0)Early Apr: Best (season score 87.9)Mid Apr: Great (season score 78.3)Late Apr: Great (season score 74.7)Early May: Good (season score 63.4)Mid May: Okay (season score 56.7)Late May: Fair (season score 42.2)Early Jun: Off-season (season score 28.5)Mid Jun: Off-season (season score 22.1)Late Jun: Off-season (season score 14.5)Early Jul: Avoid (season score 9.7)Mid Jul: Avoid (season score 4.4)Late Jul: Avoid (season score 0.0)Early Aug: Avoid (season score 3.7)Mid Aug: Avoid (season score 7.2)Late Aug: Avoid (season score 12.3)Early Sep: Off-season (season score 27.9)Mid Sep: Fair (season score 38.8)Late Sep: Okay (season score 51.2)Early Oct: Great (season score 72.5)Mid Oct: Great (season score 82.2)Late Oct: Best (season score 93.2)Early Nov: Best (season score 98.2)Mid Nov: Best (season score 100.0)Late Nov: Best (season score 96.6)Early Dec: Best (season score 97.0)Mid Dec: Best (season score 94.5)Late Dec: Best (season score 96.9)JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
AvoidOff-seasonFairOkayGoodGreatBest

Japan MOFA travel advice

Japan MOFA travel advice: Level 1 (Exercise caution)

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Climate and season score by month

MonthLevelDaytime highRainy days
(per 10 days)
Cloud cover
JanuaryBest20.0°C0.740.2%
FebruaryBest21.6°C0.743.3%
MarchBest25.6°C0.539.1%
AprilGreat30.4°C0.239.5%
MayOkay34.9°C0.128.3%
JuneOff-season38.1°C0.017.1%
JulyAvoid39.5°C0.115.6%
AugustAvoid39.2°C0.019.8%
SeptemberFair36.6°C0.113.3%
OctoberGreat32.0°C0.320.9%
NovemberBest26.7°C0.431.3%
DecemberBest21.7°C0.537.6%

How the score works

The season score is a relative 0–100 measure of how suitable each time of year is for travel at this destination, grouped into seven levels. It combines climate-normal trends in temperature, rain, cloud cover, and other conditions.

Data: NASA POWER, NOAA GHCN-Daily, OISST, IBTrACS, and Natural Earth.

These are historical climate-normal trends, not a weather forecast.