Climate · Cairo

Cairo in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Cairo is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 50°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 14 minutes.December in Cairo is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 10°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 14 minutes.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 2% of days
Daylight
10h 14mon average

Is December a good time to visit Cairo?


Yes. December is one of Cairo's best months (December to March).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 74°F in December, against 70°F to 102°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in December, against 21°C to 39°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

2% of days in December, against 0% to 4% through the year.

Cloud cover

31% cover in December, against 1% to 31% through the year.

Daylight

10h 14m in December, against 10h 14m to 14h 03m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. November82°28°low 58°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December74°23°low 50°low 10°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January70°21°low 47°low 8°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Cairo sits, in December

Africa/Cairo

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:43 AMsets 4:57 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
30.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Luxor502 km south

The land around Cairo, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Egypt in December

high · low · wet days

  • Aswan80°27° · 52°11° 0
  • Luxor77°25° · 49°9° 0

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Cairo. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.