Hurghada is typically mild in January.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +72°F to +68°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +64°F to +61°F.

Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.

January is the coldest month in Hurghada, here is the comparison with other months:

Water in Hurghada in January is Comfortable. It varies from +71°F to +76°F, with an average of +73°F. Note that the air temperature is lower than the water temperature, averaging around +68°F.

In January, water temperatures are average relative to the rest of the year:

January weather is still as great as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +72°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +68°F. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 2 mm to 1 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 53% to 52%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 4 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in January, from 25 to 26.

Next month (February) brings a further decline in the weather.

The climate in Hurghada in January has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1983 (+77°F) and the highest in 2024 (+83°F). The driest year was 2009 with only 0 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2010 with 48 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Hurghada, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.