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Alexandria, Egypt's second city and principal port, sits on the Mediterranean coast at the western edge of the Nile Delta, on a narrow strip between the sea and Lake Mariout at approximately 31.20°N, 29.92°E. Its coastal position gives it a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — hot, dry summers and mild, wetter winters — making it by far the wettest and mildest of Egypt's major cities.
Summer, from June to September, is hot but tempered by sea breezes, with August the warmest month — average highs around 30–31°C and warm, humid nights near 23°C. Humidity off the Mediterranean makes the heat feel heavier than in the dry interior, though the coastal breeze offers real relief. Rain is essentially absent for months, and the beaches draw crowds escaping Cairo's fiercer, drier heat.
Winter, from December to February, is mild and the wettest season, with January the coolest month — average highs around 18°C and mild nights near 9–10°C, well above frost. Most of the year's modest rain falls in these months, brought by Mediterranean weather systems, along with grey, breezy, sometimes stormy spells and occasional coastal flooding.
Alexandria is dry by world standards but wet by Egyptian ones, receiving around 190–200 mm of rain a year — far more than Cairo or the desert interior — almost all of it between November and March, while the summer is essentially rainless. Live rainfall, humidity, and pressure readings for the city are shown in the panels above.
Alexandria's Mediterranean coastal setting makes it the mildest, wettest and most humid of Egypt's great cities, a world apart from the parched desert interior just inland. Winter storms driving in off the sea can bring heavy rain and rough surf to the low-lying corniche, and the city's exposure to sea-level rise and coastal erosion has made it one of the more closely watched deltas in the Mediterranean.
To follow any single measurement in Alexandria more closely, use our live instruments: the online barometer for atmospheric pressure, the thermometer for temperature, the hygrometer for humidity, the anemometer for wind speed, the wind vane for wind direction, and the rain gauge for rainfall.