Giza weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇬 Egypt · major city break · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Giza is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with March and April close behind. Giza averages about 3,615 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in February.

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Sun hours / year

3,615

Sunniest month

February

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

60 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

4.4M

Elevation

153 m

When is the best time to visit Giza?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Giza is February, then March and April. The dullest month is July (50/100, 1 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Giza?

Giza is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,615 hours of sunshine a year. 49 Sunshine Score points separate February (99) from July (50), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 of 18 destinations in Egypt for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,762 hours. Rain is a non-event in Giza — about 60 mm in a typical year.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Cairo Egypt · 48 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr
• Alexandria Egypt · 147 km · best in May · 3,737 h sun/yr
• Sharm El Sheikh Egypt · 414 km · best in Jan · 3,742 h sun/yr
• Sohag Egypt · 427 km · best in Jan · 4,007 h sun/yr
• Hurghada Egypt · 432 km · best in Jan · 3,879 h sun/yr
• Tel Aviv Israel · 435 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• New Cairo Egypt · 91 km · 3,501 h sun/yr · best in Mar
• Port Said Egypt · 183 km · 3,183 h sun/yr · best in May
• El Alamein Egypt · 250 km · 3,709 h sun/yr · best in May
• El Arish Egypt · 300 km · 3,201 h sun/yr · best in May

Head-to-head

How Giza compares month by month: Giza vs Cairo · Giza vs Alexandria · Giza vs Sharm El Sheikh · all comparisons