Sohag weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇬 Egypt · city break · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Sohag is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with February and March close behind. Sohag averages about 4,007 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

4,007

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

1 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

600k

Elevation

90 m

When is the best time to visit Sohag?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Sohag is January, then February and March. The dullest month is June (10/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Sohag?

Sohag is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 4,007 hours of sunshine a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate January (100) from June (10), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 18 destinations in Egypt for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,762 hours. Rain is a non-event in Sohag — about 1 mm in a typical year.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Luxor Egypt · 122 km · best in Jan · 3,991 h sun/yr
• Hurghada Egypt · 224 km · best in Jan · 3,879 h sun/yr
• Marsa Alam Egypt · 298 km · best in Jan · 3,782 h sun/yr
• Sharm El Sheikh Egypt · 319 km · best in Jan · 3,742 h sun/yr
• Cairo Egypt · 420 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr
• Giza Egypt · 427 km · best in Feb · 3,615 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Asyut Egypt · 107 km · 4,013 h sun/yr · best in Feb
• Aswan Egypt · 286 km · 4,053 h sun/yr · best in Jan

Head-to-head

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