Marsá Maţrūḩ climate

Name: Marsá Maţrūḩ
Address: EG

Marsá Maţrūḩ is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 10 °C. January is the wettest month (12 mm) and July the driest (0.04 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Marsá Maţrūḩ averages 59 mm of rain and 175 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 176,498 · 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 January 10 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 12 mm
Least cloud July 5 % cloud
Hottest on record July 44 °C
Coldest on record February 4.7 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectMarsá Maţrūḩ through the year

Marsá Maţrūḩ has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 175 days a year reach 25 °C, 71 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 12 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Marsá Maţrūḩ is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in March 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	17.0 °C	12 mm	40 %
February	17.8 °C	11 mm	38 %
March	20.1 °C	6 mm	33 %
April	22.9 °C	3 mm	28 %
May	26.0 °C	2 mm	22 %
June	29.0 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
July	30.7 °C	under 1 mm	5 %
August	31.1 °C	under 1 mm	6 %
September	29.5 °C	1 mm	11 %
October	26.4 °C	5 mm	25 %
November	22.3 °C	9 mm	38 %
December	18.5 °C	11 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	17.0 °C	10.2 °C	13.4 °C	27.1 °C	4.8 °C	0	0
February	17.8 °C	10.3 °C	13.9 °C	33.1 °C	4.7 °C	1	0
March	20.1 °C	11.5 °C	15.6 °C	36.3 °C	6.0 °C	3	1
April	22.9 °C	13.6 °C	18.1 °C	39.3 °C	8.0 °C	7	2
May	26.0 °C	16.6 °C	21.2 °C	42.3 °C	10.7 °C	17	4
June	29.0 °C	20.0 °C	24.3 °C	42.4 °C	15.0 °C	29	8
July	30.7 °C	22.3 °C	26.2 °C	43.6 °C	17.8 °C	31	19
August	31.1 °C	23.0 °C	26.7 °C	39.5 °C	18.2 °C	31	24
September	29.5 °C	21.8 °C	25.4 °C	41.7 °C	15.9 °C	30	10
October	26.4 °C	19.1 °C	22.6 °C	36.8 °C	13.2 °C	21	3
November	22.3 °C	15.4 °C	18.8 °C	33.0 °C	8.2 °C	4	0
December	18.5 °C	12.0 °C	15.1 °C	27.2 °C	4.8 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	12 mm	3	10 h/day	40 %	68 %	26 km/h	18.2 °C
February	11 mm	3	11 h/day	38 %	65 %	27 km/h	17.2 °C
March	6 mm	2	12 h/day	33 %	65 %	27 km/h	17.0 °C
April	3 mm	1	13 h/day	28 %	64 %	26 km/h	17.8 °C
May	2 mm	0	14 h/day	22 %	66 %	24 km/h	20.2 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	8 %	67 %	24 km/h	23.4 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	5 %	69 %	25 km/h	25.7 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	6 %	70 %	24 km/h	27.0 °C
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	11 %	68 %	23 km/h	26.7 °C
October	5 mm	1	11 h/day	25 %	68 %	21 km/h	25.2 °C
November	9 mm	2	11 h/day	38 %	69 %	21 km/h	22.8 °C
December	11 mm	3	10 h/day	41 %	68 %	24 km/h	20.2 °C

How Marsá Maţrūḩ 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
Marsá Maţrūḩ	31 °C	10 °C	59 mm	175
Alexandria · Egypt	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 Marsá Maţrūḩ ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	8th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	10th of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in the world in September	12th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	14th of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in June	18th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in July	21st of 50	95/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Marsá Maţrūḩ’s climate

When is the best time to visit Marsá Maţrūḩ?

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

How hot does Marsá Maţrūḩ get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 71 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 10 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Marsá Maţrūḩ?

January, averaging 12 mm over 3 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 59 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 Marsá Maţrūḩ 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: 31.353°, 27.237° (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.