Region · Egypt
Best time to visit Qena Governorate
This guide covers 4 destinations in Qena Governorate, a first-level administrative division of Egypt. The largest by population are Qena, Qift and Qus. Across its destinations, December to February are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Luxor International Airport (LXR).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Comfortable in the most places
- December to February
- Main airport
- LXRLuxor International Airport
- Currency
- EGPEgyptian pound
- Time zone
- Africa/Cairo
Destinations
Destinations in Qena Governorate
Every destination in this guide in Qena Governorate, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
When to go
Best time to visit Qena Governorate
From the climate of 4 destinations in Qena Governorate with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: December to February.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 of 4 | 22 °C | 0 mm |
| February | 4 of 4 | 24 °C | 1 mm |
| March | 3 of 4 | 28 °C | 0 mm |
| April | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 0 mm |
| May | 0 of 4 | 36 °C | 1 mm |
| June | 0 of 4 | 39 °C | 0 mm |
| July | 0 of 4 | 39 °C | 0 mm |
| August | 0 of 4 | 39 °C | 0 mm |
| September | 0 of 4 | 37 °C | 0 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 34 °C | 0 mm |
| November | 3 of 4 | 28 °C | 0 mm |
| December | 4 of 4 | 24 °C | 0 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Qena Governorate
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Qena Governorate name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
LXR · Luxor International Airport
HMB · Suhaj International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Qena Governorate, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Egypt
Nearby
Regions near Qena Governorate
Other regions of Egypt with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.