Minya, Egypt climate

BWh Hot desert

Minya has a seasonal warm-temperate climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is August with an average daily high near 99°F, while the coldest is January averaging around 42°F at night. Precipitation totals about 2 inches a year and is strongly seasonal — December alone averages 0.6 inches while June barely receives 0.00 inches.

☀️ Summers

Very hot

Highs near 99°F in August.

About 151 days a year above 90 °F

❄️ Winters

Cool

Lows near 42°F in January.

🌧️ Rain

Very dry

About 2 in of rain a year.

Wettest in December

⛅ Sky & trend

Sunny

Clear skies most days.

+1.4 °F vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Minya climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	68	72	78	87	95	98	99	99	96	88	79	71
Avg temp (°F)	55	58	64	72	80	84	85	86	83	76	66	58
Avg low (°F)	42	44	49	56	65	70	72	73	70	63	53	45
Precipitation (in)	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	68	72	78	87	95	98
Avg temp (°F)	55	58	64	72	80	84
Avg low (°F)	42	44	49	56	65	70
Precipitation (in)	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	99	99	96	88	79	71
Avg temp (°F)	85	86	83	76	66	58
Avg low (°F)	72	73	70	63	53	45
Precipitation (in)	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.6

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.1	—	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	0.4	3	9	21	27	27	27	25	11	1	0.0
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	0.2	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.1	—
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	0.4	3	9	21	27
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	0.2	0.1	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	27	27	25	11	1	0.0
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.0

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	26	27	25	28	22	6	5	5	6	12	21	25
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	21	18	21	20	23	29	30	31	29	27	23	22
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	8	7	8	7	6	1	0.9	0.5	0.7	3	6	7
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	3	3	3	3	2	0.1	0.0	—	0.1	0.4	1	3
Relative humidity (%)	55	47	38	30	27	27	29	32	37	43	50	56
Wind speed (mph)	5.0	5.3	6.2	7.0	8.0	8.7	8.0	7.7	7.9	7.0	5.7	5.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	26	27	25	28	22	6
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	21	18	21	20	23	29
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	8	7	8	7	6	1
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	3	3	3	3	2	0.1
Relative humidity (%)	55	47	38	30	27	27
Wind speed (mph)	5.0	5.3	6.2	7.0	8.0	8.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	5	5	6	12	21	25
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	30	31	29	27	23	22
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	0.9	0.5	0.7	3	6	7
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	0.0	—	0.1	0.4	1	3
Relative humidity (%)	29	32	37	43	50	56
Wind speed (mph)	8.0	7.7	7.9	7.0	5.7	5.1

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 28 years of daily observations at Minya, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. 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.

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