Luxor weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇬 Egypt · city break · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Luxor is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with February and March close behind. Luxor averages about 3,991 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,991

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

1 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

609k

Elevation

84 m

When is the best time to visit Luxor?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Luxor is January, then February and March. The dullest month is June (0/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Luxor?

Luxor is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,991 hours of sunshine a year. 100 Sunshine Score points separate January (100) from June (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 18 destinations in Egypt for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,762 hours. Rain is a non-event in Luxor — about 1 mm in a typical year.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Sohag Egypt · 122 km · best in Jan · 4,007 h sun/yr
• Marsa Alam Egypt · 190 km · best in Jan · 3,782 h sun/yr
• Hurghada Egypt · 200 km · best in Jan · 3,879 h sun/yr
• Sharm El Sheikh Egypt · 306 km · best in Jan · 3,742 h sun/yr
• Tabuk Saudi Arabia · 491 km · best in Feb · 4,052 h sun/yr
• Cairo Egypt · 510 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Aswan Egypt · 190 km · 4,053 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Asyut Egypt · 228 km · 4,013 h sun/yr · best in Feb

Head-to-head

How Luxor compares month by month: Luxor vs Sohag · Luxor vs Hurghada · Luxor vs Marsa Alam · all comparisons