Alexandria climate

Name: Alexandria
Address: EG

Alexandria is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 11 °C. January is the wettest month (24 mm) and June the driest (0.04 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Alexandria averages 95 mm of rain and 179 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 5,263,542 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month February 11 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month January 24 mm
Least cloud July 9 % cloud
Hottest on record May 42 °C
Coldest on record January 2.9 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectAlexandria through the year

Alexandria has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in February to 30 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 179 days a year reach 25 °C, 51 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 24 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Alexandria is warmest in August at 27 °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	17.2 °C	24 mm	43 %
February	17.8 °C	16 mm	40 %
March	20.0 °C	11 mm	33 %
April	23.0 °C	3 mm	28 %
May	25.8 °C	1 mm	23 %
June	28.3 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
July	29.8 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
August	30.4 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
September	29.4 °C	1 mm	12 %
October	26.8 °C	6 mm	24 %
November	22.9 °C	14 mm	38 %
December	19.0 °C	19 mm	42 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.2 °C	11.2 °C	14.1 °C	27.0 °C	2.9 °C	0	0
February	17.8 °C	11.0 °C	14.3 °C	29.2 °C	5.4 °C	1	0
March	20.0 °C	12.1 °C	16.0 °C	35.4 °C	5.9 °C	3	0
April	23.0 °C	14.1 °C	18.4 °C	39.0 °C	6.6 °C	7	2
May	25.8 °C	17.2 °C	21.4 °C	42.0 °C	10.8 °C	17	3
June	28.3 °C	20.8 °C	24.4 °C	38.8 °C	13.8 °C	29	5
July	29.8 °C	23.1 °C	26.2 °C	39.4 °C	18.8 °C	31	12
August	30.4 °C	23.7 °C	26.8 °C	36.1 °C	19.3 °C	31	19
September	29.4 °C	22.4 °C	25.7 °C	37.9 °C	17.7 °C	30	8
October	26.8 °C	19.9 °C	23.2 °C	35.6 °C	14.1 °C	25	3
November	22.9 °C	16.5 °C	19.5 °C	32.4 °C	10.4 °C	5	0
December	19.0 °C	13.1 °C	16.0 °C	29.3 °C	5.9 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	24 mm	5	10 h/day	43 %	68 %	18 km/h	18.2 °C
February	16 mm	4	11 h/day	40 %	67 %	19 km/h	17.3 °C
March	11 mm	2	12 h/day	33 %	66 %	19 km/h	17.3 °C
April	3 mm	1	13 h/day	28 %	66 %	19 km/h	18.6 °C
May	1 mm	0	14 h/day	23 %	68 %	19 km/h	21.1 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	71 %	18 km/h	24.0 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	73 %	18 km/h	26.1 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	12 %	73 %	17 km/h	27.4 °C
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	12 %	69 %	18 km/h	27.1 °C
October	6 mm	1	11 h/day	24 %	68 %	17 km/h	25.5 °C
November	14 mm	3	11 h/day	38 %	68 %	16 km/h	23.0 °C
December	19 mm	4	10 h/day	42 %	68 %	17 km/h	20.4 °C

How Alexandria 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
Alexandria	30 °C	11 °C	95 mm	179
Idkū · Egypt	31 °C	10 °C	124 mm	195
Damanhur · Egypt	34 °C	8.6 °C	58 mm	225
Kafr ash Shaykh · Egypt	35 °C	8.8 °C	51 mm	228

Where Alexandria ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in June	5th of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	5th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	5th of 50	100/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	6th of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	10th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in July	11th of 50	97/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Alexandria.

QuestionsCommon questions about Alexandria’s climate

When is the best time to visit Alexandria?

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 June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Alexandria get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 51 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

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

Which month is wettest in Alexandria?

January, averaging 24 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 95 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 Alexandria 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: 31.202°, 29.916° (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.