Weather and Climate in Alexandria
On this page you will find Alexandria’s live conditions — temperature, the all-important feels-like figure, humidity, wind and air quality — together with an hourly outlook for the day and a seven-day forecast. The guide beneath the dashboard explains how the sea shapes each season, from sticky August afternoons to the grey, blustery rain of January.
Alexandria has a hot semi-arid, Mediterranean-influenced climate (Köppen BSh bordering Csa). It is the great exception to Egypt’s desert norm: the sea keeps summers cooler and winters milder than the interior, and it delivers the rain that makes this the dampest corner of the country, with around 180 millimetres a year — many times what Cairo receives.
The Mediterranean is the single dominant influence. A near-constant sea breeze holds the summer heat in check, rarely letting highs climb far past the low thirties, while the same maritime air loads the atmosphere with humidity. Typical highs run from about 30 °C in summer down to roughly 18 °C in winter, a far gentler annual swing than the baking Nile Valley to the south.
That marine setting also means weather here is genuinely changeable. Winter depressions tracking across the Mediterranean bring cloud, wind and rain in a way that the rest of Egypt almost never experiences, and the live dashboard above pairs wind and humidity with the forecast so you can see a coastal system approaching.
Summer
Summer in Alexandria is warm rather than scorching, and that is the sea’s doing. Daytime highs usually sit in the high twenties to low thirties, kept down by the breeze, but the humidity is high enough that muggy, close afternoons are the defining experience of an Alexandrian August. Nights stay warm and sticky, and the beaches and corniche fill with Egyptians escaping the far harsher heat of the interior. Rain is absent until autumn.
Winter
Winter is the city’s most dramatic season. Mild by absolute standards — highs in the high teens — it is nonetheless cool, grey and genuinely wet, with Mediterranean storms rolling in between November and March to deliver the bulk of the year’s rain. Heavy downpours can flood low streets and whip up powerful surf along the seafront, and a blustery, overcast winter day in Alexandria feels a world away from sunny Upper Egypt.
Spring & Autumn
Autumn is arguably the finest season on the coast: the summer humidity eases, the sea stays warm, and clear, balmy days run well into November. Spring is pleasant too, though it carries the occasional Khamsin — a hot, dusty wind off the desert that can briefly spike the temperature and haze the sky before the sea air reasserts itself.
Rain Probability
Alexandria is, by a wide margin, the rainiest major city in Egypt. The wet season runs from November to March, when Mediterranean depressions bring repeated systems of cloud, wind and rain — the kind of unsettled winter weather that is simply unknown in Cairo or Upper Egypt. The hourly and seven-day panels above show the live chance of rain, which through winter is frequently meaningful.
Even so, the annual total is modest by global standards and tightly concentrated in the cool months, so winter rain tends to arrive in distinct bursts rather than as steady drizzle. Some of these systems are heavy enough to pond water across low-lying districts and disrupt the corniche. From late autumn onward, the precipitation-probability figures above are the quickest way to see whether a storm is on the way.
Wind and Humidity
Wind and humidity are the heart of Alexandria’s weather. The prevailing sea breeze is the city’s great comfort in summer, drawing cooler air off the Mediterranean, but it also carries the moisture that keeps humidity high year-round. In winter that same maritime flow turns stormy, with strong onshore winds driving rain and surf. The live wind speed, gusts and direction in the dashboard above update through the day.
High humidity means the feels-like temperature is the reading that matters most here in summer: a 31 °C afternoon with heavy moisture feels far warmer and stickier than the same figure in the dry interior. The dashboard above foregrounds feels-like and dew point alongside the headline temperature so you can judge how the day will actually feel on the coast.
Planning around the weather
In Alexandria, plan around humidity and changeable skies as much as heat. Summer calls for light, breathable clothing and a tolerance for muggy afternoons, with the sea breeze offering relief along the front. The winter is the one season in Egypt where you should genuinely pack for rain and wind — a waterproof layer is worth having from November to March.
The shoulder seasons, especially autumn, are the ideal time to enjoy the city: warm, settled and far less humid than high summer. Whatever the month, the live conditions and seven-day forecast on this page refresh automatically, so you always have a current view of Alexandria’s notably variable weather before heading out.