Climate · Luxor

Luxor in October

Very hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Luxor is very hot: highs near 99°F, lows near 67°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Luxor is very hot: highs near 37°C, lows near 19°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
99°F37°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 0% of days
Daylight
11h 29mon average

Is October a good time to visit Luxor?


October sits outside Luxor's best months, which run from December to February. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 99°F in October, against 74°F to 109°F through the year.Highs near 37°C in October, against 23°C to 43°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

0% of days in October, against 0% to 1% through the year.

Cloud cover

9% cover in October, against 6% to 26% through the year.

Daylight

11h 29m in October, against 10h 33m to 13h 43m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. September105°41°low 72°low 22°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October99°37°low 67°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. November87°31°low 57°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Luxor sits, in October

Africa/Cairo

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:47 AMsets 6:23 PM
Above the sea
80 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Aswan181 km south

The land around Luxor, shaded by its typical high in October, 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 October

high · low · wet days

  • Aswan102°39° · 72°22° 0
  • Cairo92°33° · 65°18° 0

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Luxor. 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.