Climate averages 1991–2020
Alexandria weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Alexandria: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kafr ad Dawwār (22 km away). In April its highs average 24.9°C, 2.0°C warmer than Alexandria, with 3.1 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Alexandria ranks 106th of 107 for the warmest April highs and joint 90th of 107 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 107 cities is 29.0°C; Alexandria is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.1 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Alexandria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 46 | 7.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 29 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 14 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 3.1 | 1.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 29.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 7.9 | 1.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 25 | 3.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 35 | 5.9 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Kafr ad Dawwār in AprilEgypt · 22 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Idkū in AprilEgypt · 38 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Ḩawsh ‘Īsá in AprilEgypt · 48 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Rosetta in AprilEgypt · 52 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Damanhur in AprilEgypt · 56 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Fuwwah in AprilEgypt · 60 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Disūq in AprilEgypt · 70 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Ītāy al Bārūd in AprilEgypt · 80 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 2.8 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Alexandria) is explained once on the Alexandria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.