Climate averages 1991–2020
Alexandria weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Alexandria: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kafr ad Dawwār (22 km away). In August its highs average 32.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Alexandria, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Alexandria ranks 107th of 107 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 107 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 107 cities is 36.4°C; Alexandria is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kafr ad Dawwār in AugustEgypt · 22 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Idkū in AugustEgypt · 38 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Ḩawsh ‘Īsá in AugustEgypt · 48 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Rosetta in AugustEgypt · 52 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Damanhur in AugustEgypt · 56 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Fuwwah in AugustEgypt · 60 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Disūq in AugustEgypt · 70 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Ītāy al Bārūd in AugustEgypt · 80 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 0 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.