El Arish weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇬 Egypt · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit El Arish is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with June and July close behind. El Arish averages about 3,201 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,201
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 122 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 199k
- Elevation
- 38 m
When is the best time to visit El Arish?
For sunshine, the best time to visit El Arish is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (77/100, 29 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is El Arish?
El Arish is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,201 hours of sunshine a year. May (98/100) is noticeably better than January (77). It ranks #16 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 December, carries about 58% of the annual 122 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 77 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 29 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| February | 87 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 19 mm | 4 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 96 | 21° / 70°F | 12° / 54°F | 12 mm | 6 | 19° / 66°F |
| April | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 10 mm | 7 | 22° / 72°F |
| May | 98 | 28° / 82°F | 17° / 63°F | 1 mm | 9 | 24° / 75°F |
| June | 98 | 31° / 88°F | 20° / 68°F | 0 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 98 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 1 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| August | 98 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 0 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 98 | 31° / 88°F | 22° / 72°F | 0 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 8 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
| November | 94 | 24° / 75°F | 16° / 61°F | 22 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 94 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 20 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
Sea temperature in El Arish by month
The sea off El Arish is warmest in July at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in February at 17°C / 63°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
- Tel Aviv Israel · 146 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Amman Jordan · 219 km · best in May · 3,559 h sun/yr
- Cairo Egypt · 255 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr
- Giza Egypt · 300 km · best in Feb · 3,615 h sun/yr
- Beirut Lebanon · 345 km · best in Jun · 3,247 h sun/yr
- Sharm El Sheikh Egypt · 347 km · best in Jan · 3,742 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Port Said Egypt · 153 km · 3,183 h sun/yr · best in May
- Taba Egypt · 186 km · 3,933 h sun/yr · best in May
- Eilat Israel · 186 km · 4,012 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Aqaba Jordan · 197 km · 4,011 h sun/yr · best in Mar
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