Siwa Oasis weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇬 Egypt · small town · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Siwa Oasis is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with April and October close behind. Siwa Oasis averages about 3,790 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in March.

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Sun hours / year

3,790

Sunniest month

March

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

35 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

25k

Elevation

91 m

When is the best time to visit Siwa Oasis?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Siwa Oasis is March, then April and October. The dullest month is July (40/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Siwa Oasis?

Siwa Oasis is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,790 hours of sunshine a year. 60 Sunshine Score points separate March (100) from July (40), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 18 destinations in Egypt for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,762 hours. Rain is a non-event in Siwa Oasis — about 35 mm in a typical year.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Alexandria Egypt · 440 km · best in May · 3,737 h sun/yr
• Giza Egypt · 527 km · best in Feb · 3,615 h sun/yr
• Cairo Egypt · 575 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr
• Heraklion Greece · 667 km · best in Jul · 2,929 h sun/yr
• Karpathos Greece · 693 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
• Sohag Egypt · 698 km · best in Jan · 4,007 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Marsa Matruh Egypt · 275 km · 3,012 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Tobruk Libya · 319 km · 3,582 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• El Alamein Egypt · 334 km · 3,709 h sun/yr · best in May
• Al Abraq Libya · 511 km · 3,490 h sun/yr · best in Jun