Edfu weather in January

In January, Edfu sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Edfu's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Edfu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
12th warmest
Overnight low
11°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
6:40 AM – 5:16 PM
Cloud cover
19%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.2
out of 10

Edfu is Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Edfu reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Edfu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Edfu weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 11°10.210.69.2
Feb25° / 13°0011.19.3
Mar29° / 16°00.111.87.4
Apr34° / 20°0012.63.9
May38° / 25°00.113.21.3
Jun40° / 27°0013.50.0
Jul40° / 28°0013.40.0
Aug40° / 29°0012.90.0
Sep39° / 27°0012.20.9
Oct35° / 23°00.111.43.2
Nov29° / 17°00.210.87.3
Dec24° / 13°00.110.59.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Edfu gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 5:06 PM to 5:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.56:375:06
210.56:385:06
310.56:385:07
410.56:385:08
510.56:395:08
610.56:395:09
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.42 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.73 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Edfu

In seasonPeak

None of Edfu's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Edfu sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
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Is January a good time to visit Edfu?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

9.2
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Edfu for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Edfu in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Edfu sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Edfu in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Edfu peaks around August 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighAug 16UV 11Dec 20UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7High
Mar10Very high
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Edfu in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Edfu is worst in March — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 2147 µg/m³Nov 1834 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan42Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar48Poor
Apr46Poor
May46Poor
Jun46Poor
Jul41Poor
Aug42Poor
Sep43Poor
Oct38Poor
Nov33Moderate
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Edfu?

Edfu sits at 25.0°N, 32.9°E, 90 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Ar Radīsīyah Qiblī, 8.0 km away.

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Topography around Edfu

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Edfu.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Edfu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 84 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 741 m.

The land around Edfu is covered by cropland (50%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (59%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
196 m
80 km
741 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Ar Radīsīyah Qiblī 8.0 km · Al Başalīyah Baḩrī 25 km · As Sibā‘īyah 31 km · Esna 48 km · Kom Ombo 56 km · Darāw 64 km · Ţūd 76 km · Armant 79 km

Egypt travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 15% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,086
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
79%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
10.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 459
Religion
Muslim 90%Christian 10%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Edfu (24.9792°, 32.8772°, elevation 90 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).