Damietta climate

Name: Damietta
Address: EG

Damietta is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 11 °C. January is the wettest month (13 mm) and August the driest (0.04 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Damietta averages 61 mm of rain and 183 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 305,920 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month February 11 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 13 mm
Least cloud June 9 % cloud
Hottest on record May 43 °C
Coldest on record January 4.7 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectDamietta through the year

Damietta has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in February to 31 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 183 days a year reach 25 °C, 78 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in August to 13 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Damietta 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	17.7 °C	13 mm	41 %
February	18.1 °C	12 mm	39 %
March	20.2 °C	10 mm	33 %
April	22.8 °C	5 mm	28 %
May	25.9 °C	2 mm	22 %
June	29.1 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
July	31.0 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
August	31.4 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
September	29.9 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
October	27.2 °C	4 mm	22 %
November	23.3 °C	8 mm	36 %
December	19.5 °C	6 mm	41 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.7 °C	11.2 °C	14.3 °C	27.4 °C	4.7 °C	0	0
February	18.1 °C	11.2 °C	14.5 °C	29.0 °C	5.4 °C	1	0
March	20.2 °C	12.7 °C	16.2 °C	36.1 °C	6.4 °C	2	1
April	22.8 °C	14.8 °C	18.5 °C	38.6 °C	9.1 °C	5	1
May	25.9 °C	17.6 °C	21.6 °C	43.0 °C	12.0 °C	19	2
June	29.1 °C	20.9 °C	24.7 °C	40.8 °C	14.8 °C	30	9
July	31.0 °C	22.9 °C	26.6 °C	37.7 °C	18.2 °C	31	24
August	31.4 °C	23.5 °C	27.1 °C	37.0 °C	19.2 °C	31	26
September	29.9 °C	22.5 °C	25.9 °C	38.4 °C	17.9 °C	30	13
October	27.2 °C	20.5 °C	23.6 °C	33.9 °C	14.6 °C	27	2
November	23.3 °C	17.2 °C	20.1 °C	33.4 °C	10.0 °C	6	0
December	19.5 °C	13.4 °C	16.3 °C	27.8 °C	5.4 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	13 mm	3	10 h/day	41 %	65 %	18 km/h	18.0 °C
February	12 mm	3	11 h/day	39 %	66 %	19 km/h	17.0 °C
March	10 mm	2	12 h/day	33 %	66 %	19 km/h	17.4 °C
April	5 mm	1	13 h/day	28 %	67 %	19 km/h	18.7 °C
May	2 mm	1	14 h/day	22 %	69 %	19 km/h	21.2 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	70 %	19 km/h	24.2 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	10 %	72 %	18 km/h	26.4 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	12 %	72 %	17 km/h	27.6 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	12 %	69 %	18 km/h	27.3 °C
October	4 mm	1	11 h/day	22 %	67 %	17 km/h	25.8 °C
November	8 mm	2	11 h/day	36 %	66 %	16 km/h	23.1 °C
December	6 mm	2	10 h/day	41 %	65 %	17 km/h	20.3 °C

How Damietta 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
Damietta	31 °C	11 °C	61 mm	183
Al Maţarīyah · Egypt	32 °C	11 °C	70 mm	198
Port Said · Egypt	32 °C	11 °C	45 mm	191
Al Mansurah · Egypt	36 °C	8.6 °C	43 mm	237

Where Damietta ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	2nd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	2nd of 50	100/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	8th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	9th of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in June	10th of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	10th of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Damietta’s climate

When is the best time to visit Damietta?

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 Damietta get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 78 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °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 Damietta?

January, averaging 13 mm over 3 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 61 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 Damietta 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: 31.416°, 31.813° (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.