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Nicosia vs Luxor

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Bottom line

Luxor is the warmer of the two — about 10°F on the annual average; Nicosia is the wetter, with 11 in more rain a year, and Luxor the sunnier.

Warmer Luxor 10°F on the year

Wetter Nicosia 11 in more a year

Sunnier Luxor 26 pp less cloud

Winter nights About the same winter lows close to each other

How the seasons compare

The differences between Nicosia and Luxor, in everyday terms.

Summers

Luxor has much hotter summers

Nicosia: Very hot
Luxor: Extreme heat

Winters

Winters are similar

Nicosia: Cool
Luxor: Cool

Rain & snow

Nicosia is much wetter

Nicosia: Fairly dry
Luxor: Very dry

Sky

Luxor is far sunnier

Nicosia: Fairly sunny
Luxor: Sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Luxor is the warmer of the two — about 10°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Nicosia is the wetter — about 11 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Luxor has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°F) Luxor runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nicosia	60	61	66	76	86	94	99	99	92	84	72	63
Luxor	73	78	85	95	102	106	107	106	103	96	84	76
Difference	+13	+17	+20	+19	+17	+12	+8	+7	+10	+12	+13	+13

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nicosia	60	61	66	76	86	94
Luxor	73	78	85	95	102	106
Difference	+13	+17	+20	+19	+17	+12

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nicosia	99	99	92	84	72	63
Luxor	107	106	103	96	84	76
Difference	+8	+7	+10	+12	+13	+13

Avg low (°F) Luxor runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nicosia	43	43	46	52	60	69	73	73	68	61	52	46
Luxor	45	48	55	63	72	76	78	78	74	67	56	47
Difference	+1	+5	+9	+11	+11	+8	+5	+4	+6	+6	+4	+1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nicosia	43	43	46	52	60	69
Luxor	45	48	55	63	72	76
Difference	+1	+5	+9	+11	+11	+8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nicosia	73	73	68	61	52	46
Luxor	78	78	74	67	56	47
Difference	+5	+4	+6	+6	+4	+1

Precipitation (in) Nicosia runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nicosia	2	1.6	1.3	0.6	1	0.3	0.2	0	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.3
Luxor	0.1	0	0.1	0.1	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0
Difference	-1.9	-1.6	-1.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.3	-0.2	—	-0.2	-0.7	-1.5	-2.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nicosia	2	1.6	1.3	0.6	1	0.3
Luxor	0.1	0	0.1	0.1	0.5	0
Difference	-1.9	-1.6	-1.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nicosia	0.2	0	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.3
Luxor	0	0	0	0	0.1	0
Difference	-0.2	—	-0.2	-0.7	-1.5	-2.3

Cloud cover (%) Nicosia runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nicosia	64	61	55	53	41	23	20	20	25	42	53	64
Luxor	24	25	25	27	24	10	9	8	9	11	15	22
Difference	-40	-36	-30	-26	-16	-13	-10	-12	-16	-31	-38	-42

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nicosia	64	61	55	53	41	23
Luxor	24	25	25	27	24	10
Difference	-40	-36	-30	-26	-16	-13

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nicosia	20	20	25	42	53	64
Luxor	9	8	9	11	15	22
Difference	-10	-12	-16	-31	-38	-42

Relative humidity (%) Nicosia runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nicosia	76	75	71	65	56	47	46	50	54	60	68	75
Luxor	46	37	27	20	18	18	20	21	25	30	40	47
Difference	-31	-38	-44	-44	-38	-29	-26	-28	-29	-30	-28	-28

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nicosia	76	75	71	65	56	47
Luxor	46	37	27	20	18	18
Difference	-31	-38	-44	-44	-38	-29

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nicosia	46	50	54	60	68	75
Luxor	20	21	25	30	40	47
Difference	-26	-28	-29	-30	-28	-28

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Nicosia trends → · Luxor trends →

Methodology & sources

Nicosia

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 10 years of daily observations at Nicosia, a weather station, inside the city. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Luxor

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Luxor Intl, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

← change Nicosia · change Luxor → · Nicosia page · Luxor page