Alexandria Weather

Alexandria weather shows characteristics of typical tropical desert climate # hot, dry summers with moderate winters. The days are commonly warm or hot and nights are cool. Alexandria has only two seasons, a mild winter from November to April and a hot summer from May to October. Variations in daytime temperatures and changes in prevailing winds differentiate the seasons. To sum it, Alexandria features a pleasant weather and if you are traveling during the winter, it is surely going to be a delightful experience for you.

Features of Alexandria Weather

Alexandria, by the virtue of being situated in the north, has been blessed with relatively cooler temperatures during the summer.

This has eventually made the city a popular resort.

The area around Alexandria is the wettest in Egypt and receives about 200 millimeters of precipitation per year.

The months of November, December and January receive the maximum rainfall ranging from 34.6 mm. to 52 mm.

The four months of June, July, august and September receive very little rainfall; occasionally June ad July go without any rain.

Alexandria has relatively high level of humidity.

The sea breezes help keep the moisture down to a comfortable level.

There are other elements in the weather which are climatically very much Egyptian.

A phenomenon of Egypt's climate is the hot spring wind that blows across the country.

The winds are known to Europeans as the sirocco and to Egyptians, as the khamsin.

The winds usually arrive in April but occasionally occur in March and May.

These sandstorms, often accompanied by winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour, can cause temperatures to rise as much as 20° C in two hours.

Sand storms are rare in Alexandria and are most likely to occur in spring. They usually last for a day or so.