Marsa Matruh weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇬 Egypt · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Marsa Matruh is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with July and August close behind. Marsa Matruh averages about 3,012 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,012
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 181 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 176k
- Elevation
- 25 m
When is the best time to visit Marsa Matruh?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Marsa Matruh is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (66/100, 47 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Marsa Matruh?
Marsa Matruh is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,012 hours of sunshine a year. June (97/100) is noticeably better than January (66). It ranks #18 of 18 destinations in Egypt for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,762 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 70% of the year's 181 mm falls in the three months around December.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66 | 17° / 63°F | 14° / 57°F | 47 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| February | 69 | 17° / 63°F | 14° / 57°F | 25 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| March | 79 | 18° / 64°F | 15° / 59°F | 11 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| April | 88 | 19° / 66°F | 16° / 61°F | 6 mm | 7 | 19° / 66°F |
| May | 96 | 22° / 72°F | 19° / 66°F | 3 mm | 8 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 97 | 25° / 77°F | 22° / 72°F | 0 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 97 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 0 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 0 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 97 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 1 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 22° / 72°F | 9 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 91 | 22° / 72°F | 19° / 66°F | 32 mm | 4 | 24° / 75°F |
| December | 81 | 19° / 66°F | 16° / 61°F | 47 mm | 3 | 21° / 70°F |
Sea temperature in Marsa Matruh by month
The sea off Marsa Matruh 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 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
- Alexandria Egypt · 239 km · best in May · 3,737 h sun/yr
- Giza Egypt · 376 km · best in Feb · 3,615 h sun/yr
- Cairo Egypt · 421 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr
- Karpathos Greece · 456 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
- Heraklion Greece · 485 km · best in Jul · 2,929 h sun/yr
- Chaniá Greece · 548 km · best in Jul · 2,895 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- El Alamein Egypt · 126 km · 3,709 h sun/yr · best in May
- Siwa Oasis Egypt · 275 km · 3,790 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Tobruk Libya · 320 km · 3,582 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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