El Alamein weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇬 Egypt · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit El Alamein is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with June and July close behind. El Alamein averages about 3,709 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,709
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 134 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 28k
- Elevation
- 42 m
When is the best time to visit El Alamein?
For sunshine, the best time to visit El Alamein is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (70/100, 34 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is El Alamein?
El Alamein is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,709 hours of sunshine a year. May (100/100) is noticeably better than January (70). It ranks #12 of 18 destinations in Egypt for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,762 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 64% of the year's 134 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 34 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
| February | 72 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 21 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| March | 90 | 19° / 66°F | 13° / 55°F | 10 mm | 7 | 18° / 64°F |
| April | 99 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 8 mm | 8 | 19° / 66°F |
| May | 100 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 1 mm | 9 | 21° / 70°F |
| June | 100 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 0 mm | 11 | 25° / 77°F |
| July | 100 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 2 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 100 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 0 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 100 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 1 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 99 | 26° / 79°F | 21° / 70°F | 7 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
| November | 97 | 22° / 72°F | 18° / 64°F | 19 mm | 4 | 24° / 75°F |
| December | 86 | 19° / 66°F | 14° / 57°F | 31 mm | 3 | 21° / 70°F |
Sea temperature in El Alamein by month
The sea off El Alamein is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in February at 18°C / 64°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 8 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
- Alexandria Egypt · 118 km · best in May · 3,737 h sun/yr
- Giza Egypt · 250 km · best in Feb · 3,615 h sun/yr
- Cairo Egypt · 295 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr
- Karpathos Greece · 515 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
- Paphos Cyprus · 565 km · best in Jul · 3,248 h sun/yr
- Heraklion Greece · 578 km · best in Jul · 2,929 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Marsa Matruh Egypt · 126 km · 3,012 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Siwa Oasis Egypt · 334 km · 3,790 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- New Cairo Egypt · 337 km · 3,501 h sun/yr · best in Mar
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