Weather in Alexandria in August

A hard month. August is a hard month in Alexandria, and worth planning around. Daytime highs average 34.4 °C and the afternoon is not negotiable — outdoor plans move to early morning or evening.

August ranks 12 of 12 — near the bottom of Alexandria's year. April is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 50 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain is not a factor worth planning around this month. Pack for heat management rather than style: shade, water, and a schedule that gives up on the middle of the day.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 10 days clear 35 °C, so a serious heatwave is normal rather than notable. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest August day reached 41.7 °C and the coldest night fell to 21.2 °C.

August is dependably dry, and that reliability is the point: across the twenty years measured, the wettest August on record still only managed 0 mm, and the driest managed 0 mm. There is no meaningful variability to plan around, which makes this one of the few months anywhere that you can build a fixed outdoor itinerary against without a fallback. The wettest single day in twenty years of Augusts brought 0 mm. Rain simply is not the variable that decides this trip — heat, crowds and cost are.

Wind is light at 11.5 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 63%.

How August sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 34.1 °C in July, 34.4 here, 32.7 in September. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in August

13.3 hours of daylight, losing 0.8 hours across the month. That is between Alexandria's extremes of 14.2 and 10.1 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 27.4 °C in August — warm enough that the water offers no relief from the heat. This is the warmest the water gets all year.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

August in Alexandria versus nearby

If Alexandria is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Cairo is the weaker option in August — 4.7 °C warmer, the same number of rain days. Port Said is a better bet in August — 7.1 °C cooler, the same number of rain days.

So: August is a compromise. April is 50 points better and is what Alexandria is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Alexandria

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