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Best Time for Cairo, Luxor & the Nile

Last updated: 2026-09-15

Sweet spot: January, February, December. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.

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Winter is the season: 25°C days at the temples instead of the 40°C+ of high summer.
Upper Egypt is brutally hot — tour the tombs at 06:00 opening and spend afternoons on the water or in the museum.

Month	Low	High	Rain	Daylight
January	6.3°C	20.6°C	4 mm	10.5 h
February	7.9°C	23.5°C	3 mm	11.0 h
March	11.1°C	28.1°C	3 mm	11.8 h
April	15.2°C	32.7°C	4 mm	12.6 h
May	19.7°C	37.1°C	0 mm	13.3 h
June	22.3°C	39.9°C	0 mm	13.7 h
July	23.6°C	40.5°C	0 mm	13.6 h
August	23.8°C	40.4°C	0 mm	13.0 h
September	21.4°C	38.0°C	0 mm	12.1 h
October	18.4°C	33.7°C	2 mm	11.4 h
November	12.9°C	27.3°C	7 mm	10.7 h
December	8.3°C	22.3°C	3 mm	10.3 h

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