Suez climate

Name: Suez
Address: EG

Suez is warmest in July, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.6 °C. March is the wettest month (5.0 mm) and July the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Suez averages 22 mm of rain and 232 days above 25 °C.

Egypt · population 699,541 · 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 July 37 °C
Coldest month January 9.6 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month March 5 mm
Least cloud July 4 % cloud
Hottest on record June 44 °C
Coldest on record February 3.0 °C

What to expectSuez through the year

Suez has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 37 °C in July, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 232 days a year reach 25 °C, 172 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 5 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.6 °C	5 mm	35 %
February	20.2 °C	5 mm	32 %
March	23.8 °C	5 mm	27 %
April	28.3 °C	1 mm	24 %
May	32.5 °C	1 mm	20 %
June	35.4 °C	under 1 mm	6 %
July	36.8 °C	0 mm	4 %
August	36.5 °C	under 1 mm	6 %
September	33.9 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
October	30.0 °C	1 mm	18 %
November	24.8 °C	2 mm	30 %
December	20.2 °C	2 mm	33 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.6 °C	9.6 °C	13.9 °C	27.8 °C	3.2 °C	0	0
February	20.2 °C	10.0 °C	15.0 °C	32.1 °C	3.0 °C	2	0
March	23.8 °C	11.6 °C	17.6 °C	37.0 °C	4.3 °C	10	2
April	28.3 °C	14.3 °C	21.3 °C	40.2 °C	6.5 °C	23	10
May	32.5 °C	17.6 °C	25.0 °C	43.0 °C	10.2 °C	31	23
June	35.4 °C	20.1 °C	27.7 °C	43.6 °C	13.9 °C	30	30
July	36.8 °C	22.2 °C	29.5 °C	43.5 °C	16.2 °C	31	31
August	36.5 °C	22.6 °C	29.4 °C	43.6 °C	17.6 °C	31	31
September	33.9 °C	21.0 °C	27.2 °C	42.2 °C	15.6 °C	30	29
October	30.0 °C	18.6 °C	24.1 °C	38.8 °C	12.8 °C	30	15
November	24.8 °C	14.8 °C	19.6 °C	35.2 °C	7.3 °C	13	1
December	20.2 °C	11.3 °C	15.5 °C	29.1 °C	4.9 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	1	10 h/day	35 %	66 %	16 km/h
February	5 mm	1	11 h/day	32 %	60 %	17 km/h
March	5 mm	1	12 h/day	27 %	56 %	19 km/h
April	1 mm	0	13 h/day	24 %	50 %	20 km/h
May	1 mm	0	14 h/day	20 %	48 %	21 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	6 %	50 %	22 km/h
July	0 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	52 %	20 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	6 %	55 %	20 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	8 %	59 %	20 km/h
October	1 mm	0	11 h/day	18 %	63 %	17 km/h
November	2 mm	1	11 h/day	30 %	65 %	15 km/h
December	2 mm	1	10 h/day	33 %	67 %	15 km/h

How Suez 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
Suez	37 °C	9.6 °C	22 mm	232
Ismailia · Egypt	36 °C	7.8 °C	24 mm	232
Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān · Egypt	36 °C	7.8 °C	21 mm	227
New Cairo · Egypt	35 °C	7.0 °C	23 mm	218
Zagazig · Egypt	36 °C	8.4 °C	28 mm	243
Cairo · Egypt	37 °C	8.3 °C	19 mm	239

Where Suez ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	2nd of 50	95/100
The driest places in Africa in July	2nd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in July	5th of 50	0 mm
Places with the best weather in the world in March	8th of 50	95/100
The driest places in Africa in September	8th of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	10th of 50	0.00 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Suez’s climate

When is the best time to visit Suez?

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

How hot does Suez get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 172 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 9.6 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Suez?

March, averaging 5 mm over 1 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 22 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 Suez 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: 29.974°, 32.526° (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.