A warm jacket should be brought as temperatures can fall below 10°C after sunset and in rare cases, below 5°C. The record low is 1.2°C. Snow or any type of frozen precipitation is virtually unknown in Cairo.
The last occurence was on 13th December 2013 when graupel fell in the easternmost suburbs of the city for the first time in 112 years. The city starts to warm fast in April and by mid-May daytime highs are usually above 30°C and they surpass 35°C by the time June arrives. Even nights are usually above 20°C.
The mercury does sometimes surpass 40°C and the record high is 48°C. The weather remains hot well into October but by November it starts to cool down.
