Climate averages 1991–2020
Port Said weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry 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 Port Said: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry 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 Al Maţarīyah (27 km away). In January its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Port Said, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Port Said ranks joint 98th of 107 for the warmest January highs and joint 100th of 107 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 107 cities is 19.3°C; Port Said is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 19 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
Port Said climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Al Maţarīyah in JanuaryEgypt · 27 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Al Manzalah in JanuaryEgypt · 37 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Damietta in JanuaryEgypt · 49 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Dikirnis in JanuaryEgypt · 70 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Ismailia in JanuaryEgypt · 74 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Shirbīn in JanuaryEgypt · 74 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Fāqūs in JanuaryEgypt · 77 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Abū Kabīr in JanuaryEgypt · 85 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 5.9 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.