Alexandria weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇬 Egypt · major coastal city · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Alexandria is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with June and September close behind. Alexandria averages about 3,737 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,737
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 105 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 5.3M
- Elevation
- 48 m
When is the best time to visit Alexandria?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Alexandria is May, then June and September. The dullest month is January (80/100, 23 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Alexandria?
Alexandria is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,737 hours of sunshine a year. May (100/100) is noticeably better than January (80). It ranks #11 of 18 destinations in Egypt for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,762 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 56% of the annual 105 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 80 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 23 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| February | 89 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 16 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 98 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 9 mm | 7 | 19° / 66°F |
| April | 97 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 14 mm | 8 | 20° / 68°F |
| May | 100 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 1 mm | 9 | 22° / 72°F |
| June | 100 | 32° / 90°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 11 | 26° / 79°F |
| July | 90 | 33° / 91°F | 22° / 72°F | 1 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 90 | 33° / 91°F | 22° / 72°F | 0 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 100 | 32° / 90°F | 21° / 70°F | 0 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 99 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 7 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 98 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 13 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 96 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 20 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
Sea temperature in Alexandria by month
The sea off Alexandria is warmest in August at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in February at 17°C / 63°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 7 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Giza Egypt · 147 km · best in Feb · 3,615 h sun/yr
- Cairo Egypt · 187 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr
- Paphos Cyprus · 495 km · best in Jul · 3,248 h sun/yr
- Tel Aviv Israel · 507 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Sohag Egypt · 548 km · best in Jan · 4,007 h sun/yr
- Karpathos Greece · 553 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- El Alamein Egypt · 118 km · 3,709 h sun/yr · best in May
- New Cairo Egypt · 227 km · 3,501 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Marsa Matruh Egypt · 239 km · 3,012 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Port Said Egypt · 245 km · 3,183 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Alexandria compares month by month: Alexandria vs Cairo · Alexandria vs Giza · Alexandria vs Paphos · all comparisons
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