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Best Time for the Cairo & the Nile Valley
Sweet spot: January, February, March — computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
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 | Temp | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8–31.9°C | 4 mm | 10.5 h | |
| February | 2.0–36.3°C | 3 mm | 11.0 h | |
| March | 3.3–40.1°C | 3 mm | 11.8 h | |
| April | 7.7–43.8°C | 4 mm | 12.6 h | |
| May | 13.1–46.4°C | 0 mm | 13.3 h | |
| June | 17.4–47.0°C | 0 mm | 13.7 h | |
| July | 19.2–47.1°C | 0 mm | 13.6 h | |
| August | 19.5–46.7°C | 0 mm | 13.0 h | |
| September | 16.7–44.9°C | 0 mm | 12.1 h | |
| October | 11.9–42.7°C | 2 mm | 11.4 h | |
| November | 7.0–37.7°C | 7 mm | 10.7 h | |
| December | 2.2–34.0°C | 3 mm | 10.3 h |