Port Said weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇬 Egypt · coastal city break · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Port Said is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with June and July close behind. Port Said averages about 3,183 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,183
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 154 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 781k
- Elevation
- Sea level
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When is the best time to visit Port Said?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Port Said is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (68/100, 41 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Port Said?
Port Said is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,183 hours of sunshine a year. May (98/100) is noticeably better than January (68). It ranks #17 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 154 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68 | 17° / 63°F | 15° / 59°F | 41 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 70 | 17° / 63°F | 15° / 59°F | 25 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| March | 79 | 18° / 64°F | 16° / 61°F | 15 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| April | 89 | 19° / 66°F | 18° / 64°F | 7 mm | 7 | 22° / 72°F |
| May | 98 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| June | 98 | 24° / 75°F | 23° / 73°F | 0 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 98 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 0 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| August | 98 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 0 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 98 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 0 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 96 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 9 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 94 | 22° / 72°F | 21° / 70°F | 23 mm | 4 | 22° / 72°F |
| December | 84 | 19° / 66°F | 18° / 64°F | 33 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Port Said by month
The sea off Port Said is warmest in August at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in February at 16°C / 61°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
- Cairo Egypt · 153 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr
- Giza Egypt · 183 km · best in Feb · 3,615 h sun/yr
- Alexandria Egypt · 245 km · best in May · 3,737 h sun/yr
- Tel Aviv Israel · 263 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Amman Jordan · 359 km · best in May · 3,559 h sun/yr
- Paphos Cyprus · 383 km · best in Jul · 3,248 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- New Cairo Egypt · 140 km · 3,501 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- El Arish Egypt · 153 km · 3,201 h sun/yr · best in May
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