Cairo · Egypt
June
The beginning of the brutal season — sites are nearly empty, prices at annual lows, heat is severe.
Worth considering
#10 of 12 months
There are better months for Cairo — see the full ranking below.
See when to go instead →Climate
High
37.8°C
Low
23.2°C
Rain
0mm
Sun
13.1hrs/day
30-year climate normals · Open Meteo ERA5
How June scores in Cairo
Weather
Below average
Value
Outstanding
Crowds
Outstanding
Events
Below average
Atmosphere
Above average
What you gain in June
- ↑June delivers Cairo's lowest tourism numbers and consequently lowest prices. Budget travellers who structure their day around the heat — early 6am site visits, a long midday retreat to air-conditioned museums or hotels, and an evening revival — can see Cairo's greatest monuments with virtually no competition.
- ↑The Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza — housing the complete Tutankhamun collection across 7,000sqm of display space — is best visited in a 6-hour indoor session, making June the one month where the museum makes complete sense as a full-day strategy.
What you sacrifice
- ↓June temperatures average 37–38°C with peaks approaching 41°C. The heat on the Giza Plateau in the afternoon is not merely uncomfortable — it is dangerous. Heat exhaustion is a genuine risk for visitors not accustomed to desert temperatures, and there is effectively no shade on the plateau outside the ticketed interior spaces.
- ↓Cairo's street food culture and outdoor café scene — its most atmospheric dimension — is largely shuttered in the afternoons. The city retreats indoors between noon and 5pm; evenings are still lively but the summer energy is different from the winter and autumn vibrancy.
How June compares to November (best month)
| Factor | June | November ★ |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | 3 | 10 |
| Value | 9 | 5 |
| Crowds | 9 | 5 |
June in other destinations
Lisbon (23.8°C)Barcelona (25°C)Tokyo (26.8°C)Bali (30.1°C)Santorini (23.4°C)Paris (21.7°C)New York (25.1°C)Marrakech (31.3°C)Amsterdam (19.3°C)Maldives (30.8°C)Rome (26.2°C)Bangkok (32.2°C)Istanbul (24.7°C)Vienna (23.1°C)Seoul (26°C)Dubrovnik (25.1°C)Rio de Janeiro (25.3°C)Kyoto (28.4°C)Phuket (32°C)Cape Town (17.2°C)Prague (24°C)Amalfi Coast (28°C)Mexico City (24°C)Medellín (28°C)Fiji (26°C)London (21°C)Sydney (17°C)Iceland (13°C)Tulum (32°C)Dubai (40°C)Singapore (32°C)Hoi An (34°C)Chiang Mai (32°C)Miami (32.2°C)Florence (28.4°C)Queenstown (8°C)Madrid (27.4°C)Porto (24°C)Edinburgh (17°C)Copenhagen (19°C)Budapest (26°C)Kraków (23°C)Tbilisi (28°C)Palawan (31°C)Hanoi (32°C)Osaka (29°C)Goa (31°C)Cusco (19°C)Buenos Aires (15°C)Mykonos (27°C)Zanzibar (27°C)Sri Lanka (30°C)Costa Rica (26°C)Cancun (32°C)Krabi (32°C)Athens (30°C)Seville (32°C)Cartagena (31°C)Siem Reap (32°C)Havana (31°C)Split (27°C)Taipei (33°C)Kuala Lumpur (32°C)Valletta (28°C)Ho Chi Minh City (32°C)Hawaii (30°C)Cappadocia (28°C)Dominican Republic (31°C)Jamaica (32°C)Tanzania (22°C)Seychelles (27°C)Nepal (28°C)Jordan (33°C)Azores (24°C)Bora Bora (27°C)Los Angeles (25.1°C)Kenya (24.5°C)Jaipur (38.8°C)Las Vegas (39.6°C)San Francisco (17.8°C)Madeira (25.5°C)Vancouver (20.9°C)Muscat (41.8°C)Lima (17.8°C)Cinque Terre (25°C)Kotor (27°C)Tel Aviv (29°C)Santiago (13°C)Bogotá (19°C)Bruges (20.7°C)Penang (32.8°C)Lombok (30.8°C)Cape Verde (28.3°C)Fez (33.5°C)Kerala (30°C)Kigali (26°C)Hong Kong (30°C)Oslo (22°C)Auckland (14°C)
Climate data: 30-year normals (1991–2020) from Open Meteo ERA5 reanalysis. Scores compare months within Cairo, not across destinations. Methodology →