Climate averages 1991–2020
Port Said weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Port Said: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Maţarīyah (27 km away). In December its highs average 19.9°C, about as warm as Port Said, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Port Said ranks joint 97th of 107 for the warmest December highs and joint 100th of 107 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; Port Said is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Port Said climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 23 | 5.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 6.9 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 14 | 3.3 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 19.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 17 | 3.7 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Al Maţarīyah in DecemberEgypt · 27 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Al Manzalah in DecemberEgypt · 37 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Damietta in DecemberEgypt · 49 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Dikirnis in DecemberEgypt · 70 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Ismailia in DecemberEgypt · 74 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Shirbīn in DecemberEgypt · 74 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Fāqūs in DecemberEgypt · 77 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Abū Kabīr in DecemberEgypt · 85 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 3.5 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 Port Said) is explained once on the Port Said year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.