Country guide

Egypt

The Pyramids, Luxor's temple banks and Nile cruises, plus Red Sea reefs; October to April dodges the desert heat.

Currency

EGP

Language

Arabic

English

Widely spoken

Payment

Cash preferred

Power

Type C / F

230 V, 50 Hz

Dialing

+20

Destinations

Egypt

Cairo

Four thousand years of pharaonic, Coptic and Islamic building stacked inside one sprawling, chaotic, endlessly alive metropolis on the Nile.

✓ best Sep-May

Egypt

Luxor

Ancient Thebes, still standing: Karnak on one bank of the Nile, the Valley of the Kings cut into the cliffs on the other.

✓ best Nov-Mar

Climate zones, month by month

Egypt has 2 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

Cairo →

Jan

19°

10°

5mm

2d rain

Feb

21°

11°

4mm

2d rain

Mar

24°

13°

6mm

3d rain

Apr

28°

16°

1mm

1d rain

May

32°

19°

0mm

0d rain

Jun

35°

22°

0mm

0d rain

Jul

35°

24°

0mm

0d rain

Aug

35°

24°

0mm

0d rain

Sep

33°

23°

0mm

0d rain

Oct

30°

20°

1mm

1d rain

Nov

25°

16°

4mm

1d rain

Dec

21°

12°

3mm

1d rain

✓ Best Sep-May

Watch for Jul extreme heat risk

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions

Luxor Nile Valley →

Jan

23°

7°

3mm

0d rain

Feb

25°

9°

0mm

0d rain

Mar

30°

13°

2mm

0d rain

Apr

35°

18°

0mm

0d rain

May

39°

22°

1mm

0d rain

Jun

41°

25°

0mm

0d rain

Jul

41°

26°

0mm

0d rain

Aug

41°

26°

0mm

0d rain

Sep

39°

23°

1mm

0d rain

Oct

36°

20°

1mm

0d rain

Nov

29°

13°

1mm

0d rain

Dec

24°

9°

0mm

0d rain

✓ Best Nov-Mar · ✗ Avoid May-Sep

Watch for Apr-Oct extreme heat risk

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions