Egypt in October

Season opens: the Abu Simbel sun festival on 22 Oct; Nile cruises restart in full.

• Cairo and the Delta · Cairo, Giza, Saqqarabest weather

  Mild winters, hot dusty summers around 35 °C; spring khamsin winds (Mar–May) bring sand haze some days.

• Upper Egypt (Nile Valley) · Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbelfine

  Dry all year; 40 °C+ from May to September. Winter days are warm, nights cool.

• Mediterranean coast · Alexandria, El Alameinbest weather

  The only rainy part of Egypt in winter; the escape from summer heat for Cairenes.

• Red Sea and South Sinai · Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahabbest weather

  Diving all year; winter water is about 21–22 °C and windy; summer air tops 38 °C.

• Western Desert oases · Siwa, Bahariya, the White Desertfine

  Cold desert nights in winter; unbearable summer days. Check travel advice and permits.

• Cairo30° / 18°, 1 rain days

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Abu Simbel sun festival

  22 Feb and 22 Oct

  Sunlight reaches the inner sanctuary at dawn; Abu Simbel packed, book early.

• Armed Forces Day

  6 Oct

  Public holiday.

Crowds · Egypt

Medium

Prices · Egypt

Medium

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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Rated best or good this month

• Cairo and the Delta

  Best weather of the year (Cairo, Giza, Saqqara)

• Mediterranean coast

  Best weather of the year (Alexandria, El Alamein)

• Red Sea and South Sinai

  Best weather of the year (Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab)

• Cairo

  Warm; best walking weather starts.