Dry · Egypt

Cairo weather, year by year

Cairo averages 22.7 °C over a year. Its warmest year since 1940 was 2018 (+1.5 °C vs normal), and 2025 ranks 8 of 86.

YearYear 2025

Mean tempMean temp 23.3 °C

vs normalvs normal +0.6 °C

RankRank 8/86

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Every year in Cairo since 1940, ranked

Pick a measure and line up all 86 years against the 1991–2020 normal. 2025 ranks 8 of 86 (+0.6 °C).

194019832025

2025 · 23.3 °C · +0.6 °C vs normal · rank 8 of 86

Warmest years

1201824.2 °C
2201024.1 °C
3202323.9 °C
4202423.9 °C
5201623.8 °C

Coldest years

1196420.9 °C
2199221.0 °C
3196721.0 °C
4196121.0 °C
5194921.0 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Frost days	Rainy days
2025	23.3 °C	29.3 °C	17.7 °C	7 mm	182 days	0 days	1 day
2024	23.9 °C	29.9 °C	18.2 °C	6 mm	186 days	0 days	1 day
2023	23.9 °C	29.8 °C	18.4 °C	17 mm	201 days	0 days	5 days
2022	23.0 °C	28.9 °C	17.3 °C	24 mm	173 days	0 days	5 days
2021	23.8 °C	30.0 °C	17.8 °C	18 mm	203 days	0 days	5 days
2020	23.3 °C	29.3 °C	17.7 °C	87 mm	183 days	0 days	7 days
2019	23.5 °C	29.5 °C	17.7 °C	32 mm	189 days	0 days	8 days
2018	24.2 °C	30.3 °C	18.5 °C	16 mm	205 days	0 days	6 days
2017	23.3 °C	29.4 °C	17.4 °C	11 mm	172 days	0 days	3 days
2016	23.8 °C	30.0 °C	18.0 °C	12 mm	206 days	0 days	3 days
2015	23.3 °C	29.3 °C	17.5 °C	24 mm	179 days	0 days	8 days
2014	23.3 °C	29.6 °C	17.4 °C	9 mm	188 days	0 days	3 days
2013	22.9 °C	29.3 °C	16.9 °C	11 mm	184 days	0 days	3 days
2012	23.0 °C	29.3 °C	17.0 °C	12 mm	203 days	0 days	2 days
2011	22.3 °C	28.5 °C	16.4 °C	22 mm	162 days	0 days	6 days
2010	24.1 °C	30.6 °C	18.0 °C	9 mm	203 days	0 days	2 days
2009	23.2 °C	29.5 °C	17.1 °C	5 mm	180 days	0 days	1 day
2008	23.1 °C	29.5 °C	16.9 °C	6 mm	181 days	0 days	1 day
2007	22.6 °C	29.0 °C	16.5 °C	14 mm	192 days	0 days	4 days
2006	22.3 °C	28.6 °C	16.4 °C	10 mm	174 days	0 days	4 days
2005	22.3 °C	28.6 °C	16.4 °C	17 mm	173 days	0 days	3 days
2004	22.4 °C	28.7 °C	16.4 °C	17 mm	187 days	0 days	7 days
2003	22.5 °C	28.7 °C	16.5 °C	3 mm	185 days	0 days	0 days
2002	22.7 °C	28.8 °C	16.9 °C	16 mm	173 days	0 days	3 days
2001	22.6 °C	29.0 °C	16.2 °C	5 mm	175 days	0 days	1 day
2000	21.9 °C	28.3 °C	15.6 °C	10 mm	169 days	0 days	4 days
1999	22.8 °C	29.1 °C	16.5 °C	7 mm	186 days	0 days	1 day
1998	22.9 °C	29.2 °C	16.7 °C	10 mm	180 days	0 days	4 days
1997	22.0 °C	28.3 °C	16.0 °C	8 mm	168 days	0 days	2 days
1996	22.2 °C	28.7 °C	16.2 °C	29 mm	176 days	0 days	6 days
1995	21.9 °C	28.2 °C	16.0 °C	10 mm	160 days	0 days	3 days
1994	22.3 °C	28.4 °C	16.5 °C	37 mm	180 days	0 days	8 days
1993	21.9 °C	28.3 °C	15.9 °C	12 mm	179 days	0 days	4 days
1992	21.0 °C	27.1 °C	15.2 °C	20 mm	163 days	0 days	6 days
1991	21.5 °C	27.8 °C	15.6 °C	33 mm	177 days	0 days	5 days
1990	21.8 °C	28.3 °C	15.8 °C	19 mm	176 days	0 days	5 days
1989	21.7 °C	28.2 °C	15.6 °C	8 mm	178 days	0 days	2 days
1988	21.8 °C	28.3 °C	15.9 °C	37 mm	164 days	0 days	9 days
1987	21.3 °C	27.8 °C	15.3 °C	22 mm	154 days	0 days	6 days
1986	21.8 °C	28.2 °C	16.0 °C	25 mm	152 days	0 days	7 days
1985	21.9 °C	28.3 °C	16.2 °C	62 mm	156 days	0 days	10 days
1984	21.6 °C	28.2 °C	15.9 °C	4 mm	173 days	0 days	0 days
1983	21.2 °C	27.5 °C	15.5 °C	14 mm	158 days	0 days	5 days
1982	21.3 °C	27.7 °C	15.8 °C	15 mm	165 days	0 days	5 days
1981	21.6 °C	28.2 °C	16.0 °C	5 mm	183 days	0 days	2 days
1980	21.8 °C	28.4 °C	16.1 °C	13 mm	181 days	0 days	3 days
1979	22.3 °C	28.7 °C	17.1 °C	9 mm	185 days	0 days	2 days
1978	22.0 °C	28.8 °C	15.8 °C	24 mm	186 days	0 days	4 days
1977	22.0 °C	28.7 °C	15.9 °C	22 mm	171 days	0 days	5 days
1976	21.7 °C	28.4 °C	15.7 °C	9 mm	187 days	0 days	3 days
1975	21.9 °C	28.4 °C	15.9 °C	51 mm	184 days	0 days	2 days
1974	22.0 °C	28.5 °C	16.3 °C	39 mm	190 days	0 days	12 days
1973	21.8 °C	28.7 °C	15.7 °C	13 mm	186 days	0 days	3 days
1972	22.0 °C	28.5 °C	16.2 °C	35 mm	177 days	0 days	10 days
1971	21.9 °C	28.5 °C	16.0 °C	62 mm	172 days	0 days	9 days
1970	21.8 °C	28.7 °C	15.8 °C	20 mm	175 days	0 days	4 days
1969	22.1 °C	28.7 °C	16.2 °C	34 mm	179 days	0 days	9 days
1968	21.8 °C	28.4 °C	15.6 °C	22 mm	172 days	0 days	4 days
1967	21.0 °C	27.8 °C	15.1 °C	60 mm	161 days	0 days	9 days
1966	22.1 °C	28.6 °C	16.3 °C	61 mm	191 days	0 days	14 days
1965	21.4 °C	27.8 °C	16.2 °C	18 mm	162 days	0 days	3 days
1964	20.9 °C	27.2 °C	15.6 °C	21 mm	153 days	0 days	2 days
1963	21.8 °C	28.4 °C	16.6 °C	11 mm	168 days	0 days	4 days
1962	21.8 °C	28.6 °C	16.7 °C	7 mm	181 days	0 days	1 day
1961	21.0 °C	27.5 °C	16.2 °C	44 mm	151 days	0 days	9 days
1960	22.0 °C	28.7 °C	17.0 °C	25 mm	177 days	0 days	3 days
1959	21.1 °C	27.7 °C	15.9 °C	7 mm	158 days	0 days	1 day
1958	22.2 °C	29.2 °C	16.3 °C	10 mm	182 days	0 days	2 days
1957	22.0 °C	28.8 °C	16.1 °C	20 mm	187 days	0 days	3 days
1956	22.2 °C	29.3 °C	14.9 °C	13 mm	180 days	0 days	2 days
1955	22.6 °C	29.8 °C	15.2 °C	11 mm	197 days	0 days	4 days
1954	21.8 °C	29.0 °C	14.7 °C	26 mm	174 days	0 days	8 days
1953	21.6 °C	28.5 °C	14.4 °C	17 mm	187 days	0 days	3 days
1952	22.3 °C	29.3 °C	14.9 °C	12 mm	180 days	0 days	3 days
1951	22.2 °C	29.2 °C	14.9 °C	30 mm	185 days	0 days	8 days
1950	21.8 °C	28.9 °C	14.4 °C	15 mm	177 days	2 days	4 days
1949	21.0 °C	28.0 °C	14.0 °C	37 mm	172 days	0 days	13 days
1948	21.2 °C	28.2 °C	14.1 °C	22 mm	168 days	0 days	5 days
1947	22.6 °C	29.8 °C	15.1 °C	11 mm	187 days	0 days	5 days
1946	22.4 °C	29.5 °C	14.9 °C	11 mm	189 days	0 days	4 days
1945	21.4 °C	28.7 °C	14.0 °C	29 mm	168 days	0 days	6 days
1944	22.0 °C	29.2 °C	14.6 °C	16 mm	183 days	0 days	5 days
1943	21.9 °C	29.1 °C	14.9 °C	37 mm	175 days	0 days	10 days
1942	22.3 °C	29.5 °C	15.2 °C	17 mm	185 days	1 day	3 days
1941	22.5 °C	29.7 °C	15.4 °C	26 mm	184 days	0 days	5 days
1940	21.8 °C	28.8 °C	15.1 °C	35 mm	188 days	0 days	7 days

Year vs year

Pick two years and let them fight it out in Cairo: month by month, point by point.

First year2025

Second year2018

In Cairo, 2018 beats 2025 by 0.9 °C on mean temperature.

20252018Normal 1991–2020

1points3

23.3 °CWarmer24.2 °C
182 daysHot days205 days
7 mmWetter16 mm
2,157 kWh/m²Sunnier2,131 kWh/m²

Records in Cairo

The most extreme days and years since 1940.

Hottest day

47.0 °C

May 21, 1970 estimate

Coldest night

-0.7 °C

January 7, 1942 estimate

Wettest day

44 mm

March 12, 2020 estimate

Strongest gust

93 km/h

February 1, 1988 estimate

Year records

Warmest201824.2 °C
Coldest196420.9 °C
Wettest202087 mm
Driest20033 mm

The weather on your birthday in Cairo

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Cairo vs another city

Compare with

Cairo is cooler than Dubai by 5.6 °C on average over the year. Cairo gets 48 mm less precipitation per year. In Cairo, no month is warmer.

CairoDubaiBand: average low to average high

Questions & answers

What is the climate like in Cairo?

Cairo averages 22.7 °C over the year. The warmest month is July, with highs around 36.1 °C; the coldest is January, with lows around 9.2 °C. About 17 mm of precipitation falls each year, over some 4 rainy days.

What was the warmest year in Cairo?

2018, at +1.5 °C compared with the 1991–2020 normal. The coldest was 1964. Out of 86 years since 1940, 2025 ranks 8.

What is the wettest month in Cairo?

January gets the most precipitation and May the least. The wettest year was 2020, the driest 2003.

Is Cairo getting warmer?

Compared with its first thirty years on record (from 1940), the last ten years in Cairo show a gap of +1.8 °C in mean temperature.