Best: Dec-Mar · Great: Apr-May, Oct-Nov
Rain is a non-factor here almost every month — the real story of the year is temperature, swinging from January's cooler stretch to June's peak heat. In February, expect highs around 22°C with rain on roughly 1 day of the month.
The Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx are the obvious start, ideally at opening time before tour buses and the worst of the heat arrive. The Egyptian Museum's treasures (and the newer Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids) reward a full morning, and Khan el-Khalili bazaar is worth an evening for its lantern-lit lanes and tea houses. A Nile felucca sail at sunset is a quieter counterpoint to the city's noise. Luxor's Karnak temple complex and the Valley of the Kings are worth the short flight south — ideally paired as a 2-3 day extension rather than a rushed day trip.
Try koshari, Egypt's national dish of rice, lentils, and pasta, plus fuul medames for breakfast.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect mild days around 20°/9°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 22°/10°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 25°/13°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/16°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 33°/19°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 36°/21°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 36°/23°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 36°/23°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 35°/21°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 31°/18°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 27°/14°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 22°/10°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).