Taba weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇬 Egypt · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Taba is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with March and April close behind. Taba averages about 3,933 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,933
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 45 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 730 m
When is the best time to visit Taba?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Taba is May, then March and April. The dullest month is July (60/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Taba?
Taba is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,933 hours of sunshine a year. May (100/100) is noticeably better than July (60). It ranks #6 of 18 destinations in Egypt for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,762 hours. Rain is a non-event in Taba — about 45 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 9 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| February | 90 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 10 mm | 6 | 22° / 72°F |
| March | 99 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 5 mm | 8 | 22° / 72°F |
| April | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 4 mm | 9 | 23° / 73°F |
| May | 100 | 32° / 90°F | 16° / 61°F | 1 mm | 10 | 25° / 77°F |
| June | 70 | 35° / 95°F | 18° / 64°F | 0 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 60 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 0 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| August | 60 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 0 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 90 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 2 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 99 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 3 mm | 7 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 99 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 6 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| December | 83 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 5 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
Sea temperature in Taba by month
The sea off Taba is warmest in August at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in February at 22°C / 72°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sharm El Sheikh Egypt · 184 km · best in Jan · 3,742 h sun/yr
- Tabuk Saudi Arabia · 226 km · best in Feb · 4,052 h sun/yr
- Amman Jordan · 264 km · best in May · 3,559 h sun/yr
- Tel Aviv Israel · 269 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Hurghada Egypt · 285 km · best in Jan · 3,879 h sun/yr
- Cairo Egypt · 331 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Aqaba Jordan · 24 km · 4,011 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Eilat Israel · 27 km · 4,012 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- El Arish Egypt · 186 km · 3,201 h sun/yr · best in May
- Sharma Saudi Arabia · 192 km · 3,907 h sun/yr · best in Feb
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