The lands of Egypt – Weather temperature climate – Information about Egypt
Do you also occasionally warm up the atmosphere on winter evenings by entering search terms such as: "Vacation in Egypt", "Egypt Vacation", "Egypt beaches" etc.? Ot, if only for that, to suspend your eye on beautiful photos and take a break from the ubiquitous gray, sinking in the blue of the sea and the golden sands of the desert? From here, it's just a step away from planning your dream vacation! But before you pack your bags, it is worth getting acquainted with the prevailing climate in this country.
Numbering approx 700 km long Mediterranean coast and the Nile Delta they have mild winters and very hot summers. In winter, average temperatures range from 17 to 20 ° C by day and drop to as low as 8-11 ° C at night. There are also significant ones, for Egyptian conditions, rainfall to 200 mm of rain, which corresponds 30 rainy days of the year in the Alexandria area - almost all during the winter. Spring is hot and dry, just like autumn, the highest temperatures were not recorded in the middle of summer, but just in the spring (42-45°C). It gets very hot in the summer, with daily temperatures of 28-32 ° C and 19-24 ° C at night. There are slight temperature fluctuations between day and night, and there is no rainfall at all. Throughout the year, air humidity is relatively high (60-75%), making, that the perceived air temperature is higher than the real one. In summer, the sea invites you to swim in water with a temperature of up to 28 ° C, and in winter it cools to 16-18 ° C.
The northern part of the Nile Valley area, which can be roughly separated from Cairo to Assyut, characterized by mild winters, while summers are hotter than in the Nile Delta and on the Mediterranean coast. It only drops throughout the year 5-30 mm of rain. Air humidity is noticeably lower (40-60%). On winter days, thermometers usually show 18-22 ° C, to go down to values lower than on the coast at night: 4-9°C. With large temperature differences between day and night, even morning frosts are possible. Spring and fall are shorter and warmer than on the coast, longer and warmer summers with temperatures of 34-37 ° C during the day and 20-22 ° C at night. Heat of up to 48 ° C has been reported.
Upper Nile Valley shares climatic characteristics with those located to the east, especially to the west, desert areas and oases. The winters are mild here (19-22°C) with cool nights (5-10°C). Springs and autumns are very short and hot, long years (end of April to end of October), hot and without precipitation. The average daily temperature values are 38-42 ° C, a nocne 22-26°C. Air humidity is low all year round and amounts to 15-50% with almost no rainfall. In such cities, Jak Aswan, Luxor, or Dakhla, rainy days are present in the year in quantity 0-2. Heat waves can raise the air temperature to more than 50 ° C.
Coastal areas on the Red Sea (Hurghada, Makadi Bay, El Gouna) they enjoy mild to warm winters with very even temperatures: below 20 ° C during the day and 10-13 ° C at night. Springs and autumns are quite hot, and summers very hot to hot and extremely dry. During the day, 34-38 ° C is expected, with periods of heat over 40 ° C. The temperature drops at night, but usually not below 25 ° C. Air humidity remains at the same level throughout the year 30-55%. Precipitation is practically non-existent (0 do 3 days of the year). The sea invites you to swim all year round with a water temperature of 20-29 ° C.
Sinai Peninsula is a kind of climatic peculiarity in Egypt: Due to the high location of the terrain, very cold winters can occur here (12-15° C during the day, 0-5°C w nocy) spring and autumn are slightly longer, respectively, summer still very hot, with daytime temperatures usually above 32 ° C. It cools down to 15-18 ° C at night. Humidity and rainfall are normal in other areas: 1-3 rainy days in the year and 20-40% humidity. In the south of the peninsula in the famous resort of Sharm el Sheikh, average temperatures range between 21 ° C in January and 37 ° C in August.