Port Said climate

Name: Port Said
Address: EG

Port Said is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. February is the wettest month (8.5 mm) and July the driest (0.03 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Port Said averages 45 mm of rain and 191 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 780,515 · 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 July 0 mm
Wettest month February 8 mm
Least cloud June 10 % cloud
Hottest on record May 44 °C
Coldest on record January 4.1 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectPort Said through the year

Port Said 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, 191 days a year reach 25 °C, 91 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 8 mm in February. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Port Said 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	18.0 °C	8 mm	40 %
February	18.6 °C	8 mm	38 %
March	20.8 °C	8 mm	33 %
April	23.6 °C	4 mm	29 %
May	26.7 °C	2 mm	23 %
June	29.6 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
July	31.5 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
August	31.7 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
September	30.1 °C	under 1 mm	13 %
October	27.5 °C	4 mm	23 %
November	23.5 °C	6 mm	36 %
December	19.8 °C	5 mm	38 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.0 °C	10.5 °C	14.3 °C	28.5 °C	4.1 °C	0	0
February	18.6 °C	10.8 °C	14.8 °C	29.7 °C	5.1 °C	1	0
March	20.8 °C	12.6 °C	16.7 °C	38.8 °C	6.4 °C	3	1
April	23.6 °C	14.9 °C	19.2 °C	39.6 °C	8.6 °C	7	2
May	26.7 °C	17.9 °C	22.2 °C	43.5 °C	12.5 °C	22	3
June	29.6 °C	21.0 °C	25.2 °C	42.1 °C	15.2 °C	30	11
July	31.5 °C	23.1 °C	27.1 °C	36.8 °C	19.3 °C	31	27
August	31.7 °C	23.9 °C	27.6 °C	37.2 °C	19.7 °C	31	29
September	30.1 °C	22.8 °C	26.4 °C	38.1 °C	17.8 °C	30	15
October	27.5 °C	20.5 °C	24.0 °C	34.4 °C	14.8 °C	27	3
November	23.5 °C	16.8 °C	20.2 °C	33.6 °C	9.7 °C	7	0
December	19.8 °C	12.6 °C	16.2 °C	28.0 °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	8 mm	2	10 h/day	40 %	65 %	21 km/h	17.5 °C
February	8 mm	2	11 h/day	38 %	65 %	22 km/h	16.7 °C
March	8 mm	2	12 h/day	33 %	64 %	23 km/h	17.4 °C
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	29 %	63 %	24 km/h	19.1 °C
May	2 mm	0	14 h/day	23 %	65 %	24 km/h	21.7 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	10 %	67 %	23 km/h	24.8 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	10 %	69 %	23 km/h	27.0 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	12 %	70 %	22 km/h	28.1 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	13 %	67 %	22 km/h	27.8 °C
October	4 mm	1	11 h/day	23 %	67 %	20 km/h	26.1 °C
November	6 mm	1	11 h/day	36 %	66 %	19 km/h	23.0 °C
December	5 mm	1	10 h/day	38 %	65 %	19 km/h	19.9 °C

How Port Said 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
Port Said	32 °C	11 °C	45 mm	191
Al Maţarīyah · Egypt	32 °C	11 °C	70 mm	198
Damietta · Egypt	31 °C	11 °C	61 mm	183
Ismailia · Egypt	36 °C	7.8 °C	24 mm	232
Al Mansurah · Egypt	36 °C	8.6 °C	43 mm	237

Where Port Said ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	3rdof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	3rdof 50	100/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in August	10thof 50	28 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in June	12thof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in November	14thof 50	90/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in September	15thof 50	28 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Port Said.

QuestionsCommon questions about Port Said’s climate

When is the best time to visit Port Said?

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 Port Said get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 91 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 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Port Said?

February, averaging 8 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 45 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 Port Said 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
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.