Siwa Oasis

Name: Siwa Oasis, Egypt
Address: Egypt

Egypt

A remote, palm-fringed desert outpost known for ancient mud-brick ruins and crystal-clear salt pools.

Warmest month is July at 38°C on average. Coolest is January at 19°C. Driest reading falls in February with 0 rain days.

Costs and travel essentials

CoffeeWorld Bank PPP baseline
£36 (~$0.75)
Country-level price estimate for Egypt, 2026-07-11. Scaled from a US baseline, not a local survey.
BeerWorld Bank PPP baseline
£48 (~$1.00)
Country-level price estimate for Egypt, 2026-07-11. Scaled from a US baseline, not a local survey.
Flight timeMethodology
5h from London Heathrow
Great-circle plus routing overhead.
Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors
1,003 kg return from London Heathrow
DEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
FCDO advisorygov.uk, snapshot compiled 2026-07-11
FCDO advises against travel to specific parts of the country.
Advises against travel to the North Sinai and parts of the Western Desert; all but essential travel to the rest of Sinai except the resort strip. Check the latest FCDO advice before booking.
Tap waterCDC / WHO guidance
Do not drink from the tap; use bottled or treated water.

Month	Avg high	Daily spread	Rain days
January	19°	7°C	1
February	20°	8°C	0
March	25°	11°C	0
April	30°	12°C	0
May	34°	12°C	0
June	37°	7°C	0
July	38°	5°C	0
August	38°	5°C	0
September	35°	6°C	0
October	30°	7°C	0
November	25°	7°C	0
December	20°	5°C	1

What to do

Float effortlessly in the blindingly blue salt lakes
Climb the melting ruins of the 13th-century Shali Fortress
Bathe in the natural bubbling waters of Cleopatra's Spring
Watch the sunset over the salt flats from Fatnas Island

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Daily spread is the width between the 10th and 90th percentiles of daily highs, not a forecast error margin. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.