Editing Luxor (section)

=== Climate ===
Luxor has a [[hot desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] BWh) like the rest of Egypt. [[Aswan]] and Luxor have the hottest summer days of any other city in [[climate of Egypt|Egypt]]. Aswan and Luxor have nearly the same climate. Luxor is one of the sunniest and driest cities in the world. Average high temperatures are above {{convert|40|°C|0}} during summer (June, July, August). During the coolest month of the year, average high temperatures remain above {{convert|71.6|F|0|order=flip}} while average low temperatures remain above {{convert|5|°C|0}}.

The climate of Luxor has precipitation levels lower than even most other places in the [[Sahara]], with less than {{cvt|1|mm|2}} of average annual precipitation. The desert city is one of the driest ones in the world, and rainfall does not occur every year. The air in Luxor is more humid than Aswan but still very dry. There is an average relative humidity of 39.9%, with a maximum mean of 57% during winter and a minimum mean of 27% during summer.

The climate of Luxor is extremely clear, bright and sunny year-round, in all seasons, with a low seasonal variation, with about some 4,000 hours of annual sunshine, very close to the maximum theoretical sunshine duration.

In addition, Luxor, [[Minya, Egypt#Climate|Minya]], [[Sohag#Climate|Sohag]], [[Qena#Climate|Qena]] and [[Asyut#Climate|Asyut]] have the widest difference of temperatures between days and nights of any city in [[climate of Egypt|Egypt]], with almost {{convert|16|C-change}} difference.

The hottest temperature recorded was on May 15, 1991, which was {{convert|50|°C}} and the coldest temperature was on February 6, 1989, which was {{convert|-1|°C}}.<ref name="Voodoo Skies">{{cite web |url=http://voodooskies.com/weather/egypt/luxor |title=Luxor, Egypt |access-date=21 June 2013 |publisher=Voodoo Skies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619160412/http://voodooskies.com/weather/egypt/luxor |archive-date=June 19, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |last1=Com |first1=Voodooskies }}</ref>

{{Weather box
|width = auto
|location = Luxor (1991–2020)
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 32.9
|Feb record high C = 38.5
|Mar record high C = 42.2
|Apr record high C = 46.2
|May record high C = 50.0
|Jun record high C = 48.5
|Jul record high C = 47.8
|Aug record high C = 47.0
|Sep record high C = 46.0
|Oct record high C = 43.0
|Nov record high C = 38.2
|Dec record high C = 34.8
|year record high C = 50.0
|Jan high C = 22.8
|Feb high C = 25.3
|Mar high C = 29.7
|Apr high C = 35.0
|May high C = 39.1
|Jun high C = 41.2
|Jul high C = 41.4
|Aug high C = 41.2
|Sep high C = 39.3
|Oct high C = 35.5
|Nov high C = 29.1
|Dec high C = 24.2
|year high C = 33.6
|Jan mean C = 14.7
|Feb mean C = 17.1
|Mar mean C = 21.3
|Apr mean C = 27.5
|May mean C = 31.0
|Jun mean C = 33.3
|Jul mean C = 33.9
|Aug mean C = 33.6
|Sep mean C = 31.3
|Oct mean C = 27.4
|Nov mean C = 21.0
|Dec mean C = 16.1
|year mean C = 25.6
|Jan low C = 7.1
|Feb low C = 8.9
|Mar low C = 12.8
|Apr low C = 17.5
|May low C = 22.1
|Jun low C = 25.0
|Jul low C = 25.7
|Aug low C = 25.6
|Sep low C = 23.3
|Oct low C = 19.6
|Nov low C = 13.4
|Dec low C = 8.6
|year low C = 17.4
|Jan record low C = -0.3
|Feb record low C = -1.0
|Mar record low C = 0.0
|Apr record low C = 6.5
|May record low C = 12.5
|Jun record low C = 16.0
|Jul record low C = 19.2
|Aug record low C = 19.2
|Sep record low C = 15.8
|Oct record low C = 9.8
|Nov record low C = 3.7
|Dec record low C = 0.7
|year record low C = -1.0
|Jan precipitation mm = 2.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 0.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 1.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 0.3
|May precipitation mm = 0.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 0.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 0.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 0.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 0.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 1.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 0.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 0.0
|year precipitation mm = 8.3
|Jan humidity = 55
|Feb humidity = 47
|Mar humidity = 39
|Apr humidity = 31
|May humidity = 29
|Jun humidity = 27
|Jul humidity = 30
|Aug humidity = 33
|Sep humidity = 37
|Oct humidity = 43
|Nov humidity = 51
|Dec humidity = 57
|year humidity = 39.9
|unit precipitation days = 1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 0.3
|Feb precipitation days = 0.4
|Mar precipitation days = 0.3
|Apr precipitation days = 0.1
|May precipitation days = 0.3
|Jun precipitation days = 0.0
|Jul precipitation days = 0.0
|Aug precipitation days = 0.0
|Sep precipitation days = 0.1
|Oct precipitation days = 0.3
|Nov precipitation days = 0.1
|Dec precipitation days = 1.0
|year precipitation days = 1.9
| Jan sun = 288.6
| Feb sun = 277.7
| Mar sun = 305.0
| Apr sun = 308.6
| May sun = 348.9
| Jun sun = 369.9
| Jul sun = 383.7
| Aug sun = 366.7
| Sep sun = 321.0
| Oct sun = 316.4
| Nov sun = 291.0
| Dec sun = 282.6
| year sun = 3860.1
|source 1 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] (humidity 1961–1990)<ref name=WMOCLINO>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826235453/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Egypt/CSV/Luxor_62405.csv |archive-date=26 August 2023 |url=https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Egypt/CSV/Luxor_62405.csv |title=Luxor Climate Normals 1991–2020 |work=World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref><ref name= NOAAold>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827000151/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/RA-I/UB/62405.TXT |archive-date=27 August 2023 |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/RA-I/UB/62405.TXT |title=Luxor Climate Normals 1961–1990 |work=World Meteorological Organization Climatological Reference Normals (1961–1990) |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=January 25, 2015}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[Weather2Travel]] (sunshine hours)<ref name="Luxor Climate Normals">{{cite web |url= https://www.weather2travel.com/egypt/luxor/climate/|title=Climate normals – Weather2Travel |access-date=2025-03-28}}</ref>
}}