Esna weather in October

In October, Esna sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of October to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Esna's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Esna's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
7th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
5:53 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover
7%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Esna is city in Egypt.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical October day in Esna reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 4°C cooler than September and about 6°C warmer than November.

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How October really feels in Esna

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 26 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
26
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Esna weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 10°10.210.68.9
Feb24° / 11°0011.19.3
Mar28° / 15°00.111.88.4
Apr33° / 19°0012.64.9
May37° / 23°0013.22.1
Jun39° / 26°0013.50.7
Jul39° / 27°0013.40.5
Aug39° / 27°0012.90.5
Sep38° / 26°0012.21.7
Oct34° / 22°0011.44.2
Nov28° / 16°00.110.88.2
Dec23° / 12°0010.59.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 3%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
3991
4982
5982
6973
7973
8973
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Esna gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19730
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Wind in October

Winds average 12 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
113light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of October to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 5:32 PM to 5:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:465:32
211.75:465:31
311.75:475:30
411.75:475:29
511.75:485:27
611.65:485:26
711.65:485:25
811.65:495:24
911.65:495:23
1011.55:505:22
1111.55:505:21
1211.55:515:20
1311.55:515:19
1411.45:525:19
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1611.45:535:17
1711.45:535:16
1811.35:545:15
1911.35:555:14
2011.35:555:13
2111.35:565:12
2211.35:565:11
2311.25:575:11
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2611.25:595:08
2711.15:595:08
2811.16:005:07
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3111.16:025:05

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.44 kWh/m² to a high of 8.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 5.82 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
26.3Intense
36.2Intense
46.2Intense
56.2Intense
66.1Intense
76.1Intense
86.1Intense
96.0Intense
106.0Intense
116.0Bright
125.9Bright
135.9Bright
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Esna

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Esna?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Esna for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Esna in October

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

In October, Esna sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Esna in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Esna peaks around June 14 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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 highHighJun 14UV 11Dec 21UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7High
Mar10Very high
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Esna in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Esna is worst in March — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorMar 1854 µg/m³Nov 1843 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan53Poor
Feb52Poor
Mar55Poor
Apr53Poor
May52Poor
Jun51Poor
Jul43Poor
Aug45Poor
Sep48Poor
Oct48Poor
Nov43Poor
Dec46Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Esna?

Esna sits at 25.3°N, 32.6°E, 86 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is As Sibā‘īyah, 17 km away.

Topography around Esna

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Esna has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 80 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 536 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 744 m.

The land around Esna is covered by cropland (36%), trees (28%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (59%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (91%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
536 m
80 km
744 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
October weather nearby: As Sibā‘īyah 17 km · Al Başalīyah Baḩrī 23 km · Ţūd 32 km · Armant 36 km · Al Bayāḑīyah 42 km · Luxor 46 km · Edfu 48 km · Aţ Ţārif 50 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 Esna (25.2934°, 32.554°, elevation 86 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).