Climate averages 1991–2020
Alexandria weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Alexandria: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kafr ad Dawwār (22 km away). In January its highs average 17.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Alexandria, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Alexandria ranks joint 105th of 107 for the warmest January highs and 107th of 107 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 107 cities is 19.3°C; Alexandria is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 17.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kafr ad Dawwār in JanuaryEgypt · 22 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Idkū in JanuaryEgypt · 38 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Ḩawsh ‘Īsá in JanuaryEgypt · 48 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Rosetta in JanuaryEgypt · 52 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Damanhur in JanuaryEgypt · 56 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 8.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Fuwwah in JanuaryEgypt · 60 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Disūq in JanuaryEgypt · 70 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Ītāy al Bārūd in JanuaryEgypt · 80 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 12 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.