Tanta
Elevation 12 m30.78° N, 31.00° E
When to go?
Mean 14 °C, 2 rain days in the month (13 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 15 °C, 2 rain days in the month (9 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 17 °C, 1 rain day in the month (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 21 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 24 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 28 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 29 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 24 °C, it hardly ever rains (3 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 1 rain day in the month (6 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are February–May, October–December. Avoid June–September (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.7 °C; in the last ten years by +1.4 °C. Warmest year: 2018 (+1.8 °C), coldest: 1992 (−1.1 °C).
September and December warmed the most (+1.3 and +1.3 °C), April the least (0.0 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 21 °C) begins 1 day earlier and ends 8 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.