Red Sea

Safaga, Egypt Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Safaga, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 41°C; the coldest is January, with an average low of 9°C. A normal year brings 3 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Safaga through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
38°C
Normal low
23°C
Reanalysis high
42°Cin 2018
Reanalysis low
18°Cin 1998
Chance of a wet day
0%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January22°C9°C31°C (2010)2°C (2002)0 mm0.0
February24°C10°C35°C (2010)1°C (1992)0 mm0.0
March28°C13°C39°C (2008)4°C (2012)0 mm0.0
April32°C17°C41°C (2000)7°C (1997)0 mm0.0
May37°C21°C45°C (2004)14°C (1993)0 mm0.0
June39°C24°C45°C (2019)17°C (2001)0 mm0.0
July40°C25°C46°C (2010)20°C (2011)0 mm0.0
August41°C25°C46°C (2010)20°C (1991)0 mm0.0
September39°C23°C45°C (2018)17°C (1992)0 mm0.0
October34°C20°C41°C (2010)12°C (2000)3 mm0.0
November28°C15°C35°C (2003)7°C (1994)0 mm0.0
December23°C11°C33°C (2013)3°C (2006)0 mm0.0
Year32°C18°C3 mm0

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

3 mm in a normal year, most in October.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Safaga, in percent.00.511.522.5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Safaga.

Days with a mean dew point of 18°C or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January2°C50%99%1%0%0%0%0%
February1°C43%99%1%0%0%0%0%
March1°C34%99%1%0%0%0%0%
April1°C26%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May3°C22%99%1%0%0%0%0%
June4°C21%100%0%0%0%0%0%
July7°C22%100%0%0%0%0%0%
August8°C24%99%1%0%0%0%0%
September8°C28%99%1%0%0%0%0%
October8°C36%95%5%1%0%0%0%
November7°C47%95%3%1%0%0%0%
December4°C51%99%1%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is June, with the sky 16 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is January, at 38 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is June, averaging 17.3 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 20, with 13 h 50 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 10 h 27 min.

Hours of daylight at Safaga through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Safaga in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.