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Egypt climate

Hot, very dry desert. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:Cairo · Alexandria · Giza · Shubrā al Khaymah · Port Said · Suez

Browse all 35 cities in Egypt

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

BWh

Hot desert

30 cities

Cairopop 9.6M Gizapop 4.4M Shubrā al Khaymahpop 1.2M Port Saidpop 781k Suezpop 700k Al Mansurahpop 622k Al Maḩallah al Kubrápop 593k Tantapop 577k Assiutpop 529k Al Fayyumpop 519k Al Khuşūşpop 489k Esnapop 463k

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BSh

Hot semi-arid

5 cities

Alexandriapop 5.3M Damanhurpop 318k Rosettapop 302k Kafr ash Shaykhpop 195k Marsá Maţrūḩpop 176k

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Egypt.

Hot semi-aridBSh

Shubrā al Khaymah

Climate types in Egypt

Egypt spans 2 climate types. All climate types:

BWh Hot desert · 30 cities BSh Hot semi-arid · 5 cities

Climate records across Egypt — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest Aswān (80.5 °F avg) · Coolest Marsá Maţrūḩ (68.3 °F avg) · Wettest Marsá Maţrūḩ (13 in/yr) · Driest El-Tor (1 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Egypt sits well between them.