Al Maţarīyah climate

Name: Al Maţarīyah
Address: EG

Al Maţarīyah is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. January is the wettest month (16 mm) and August the driest (0.01 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al Maţarīyah averages 70 mm of rain and 198 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 162,045 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 32 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 16 mm
Least cloud June 9 % cloud
Hottest on record May 46 °C
Coldest on record January 4.2 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectAl Maţarīyah through the year

Al Maţarīyah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 198 days a year reach 25 °C, 106 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in August to 16 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Al Maţarīyah is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.3 °C	16 mm	40 %
February	18.9 °C	15 mm	37 %
March	21.3 °C	10 mm	32 %
April	24.1 °C	4 mm	28 %
May	27.3 °C	2 mm	22 %
June	30.4 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
July	32.3 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
August	32.5 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
September	30.7 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
October	27.9 °C	4 mm	22 %
November	23.8 °C	9 mm	36 %
December	20.0 °C	10 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.3 °C	10.8 °C	14.3 °C	28.9 °C	4.2 °C	0	0
February	18.9 °C	11.0 °C	14.7 °C	30.4 °C	5.2 °C	1	0
March	21.3 °C	12.6 °C	16.6 °C	37.7 °C	6.2 °C	4	1
April	24.1 °C	14.8 °C	19.1 °C	40.1 °C	8.2 °C	9	2
May	27.3 °C	17.8 °C	22.2 °C	46.1 °C	12.6 °C	24	4
June	30.4 °C	20.8 °C	25.2 °C	42.9 °C	14.9 °C	30	16
July	32.3 °C	22.8 °C	27.1 °C	39.9 °C	19.1 °C	31	29
August	32.5 °C	23.5 °C	27.5 °C	40.5 °C	19.8 °C	31	30
September	30.7 °C	22.6 °C	26.2 °C	39.6 °C	18.7 °C	30	19
October	27.9 °C	20.5 °C	23.9 °C	34.8 °C	14.7 °C	28	4
November	23.8 °C	16.9 °C	20.1 °C	34.0 °C	10.2 °C	9	0
December	20.0 °C	12.9 °C	16.2 °C	28.7 °C	6.2 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	16 mm	4	10 h/day	40 %	65 %	21 km/h	17.5 °C
February	15 mm	3	11 h/day	37 %	65 %	22 km/h	16.7 °C
March	10 mm	2	12 h/day	32 %	64 %	23 km/h	17.4 °C
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	28 %	64 %	23 km/h	19.1 °C
May	2 mm	0	14 h/day	22 %	66 %	23 km/h	21.7 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	67 %	22 km/h	24.7 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	10 %	69 %	22 km/h	27.0 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	11 %	70 %	21 km/h	28.1 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	12 %	68 %	21 km/h	27.7 °C
October	4 mm	1	11 h/day	22 %	67 %	20 km/h	26.0 °C
November	9 mm	2	11 h/day	36 %	66 %	20 km/h	23.0 °C
December	10 mm	2	10 h/day	40 %	65 %	20 km/h	19.8 °C

How Al Maţarīyah compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Al Maţarīyah	32 °C	11 °C	70 mm	198
Port Said · Egypt	32 °C	11 °C	45 mm	191
Damietta · Egypt	31 °C	11 °C	61 mm	183
Al Mansurah · Egypt	36 °C	8.6 °C	43 mm	237
Ismailia · Egypt	36 °C	7.8 °C	24 mm	232

Where Al Maţarīyah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	4th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	4th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in November	11th of 50	91/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in August	11th of 50	28 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	13th of 50	94/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in September	16th of 50	28 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Al Maţarīyah.

QuestionsCommon questions about Al Maţarīyah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al Maţarīyah?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Al Maţarīyah get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 106 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Al Maţarīyah?

January, averaging 16 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 70 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Al Maţarīyah rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 31.183°, 32.031° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.