Weather in Alexandria in January

Prime time. January is about as good as Alexandria gets. Highs average 18.7 °C, lows 10.3 °C, and rain falls on 6 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

January ranks 8 of 12 in Alexandria: past the worst of the year but short of April, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain falls on only 6 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average January reaches 30 °C. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest January day reached 28.1 °C and the coldest night fell to 5.5 °C.

January is moderately variable: 2 mm in the driest year against 68 mm in the wettest, around an average of 23 mm. Roughly two Januarys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 11.9 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 68%.

How January sits in the year

This is a turning point in the year — December and February sit on opposite sides of it, so the month contains the change rather than following it.

Daylight in January

January sits at the dark end of Alexandria's year — 10.3 hours of daylight against 14.2 at midsummer, gaining 0.5 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 18.3 °C in January — swimmable, but it takes a moment to commit. The sea peaks at 27.4 °C in August and bottoms out at 17.3 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

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

January in Alexandria versus nearby

If Alexandria is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Cairo is a better bet in January — within a degree on temperature, 4 days less rain. Port Said is the weaker option in January — within a degree on temperature, 3 days more rain.

So: January works, with April the better month by 12 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Alexandria

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