Weather in Alexandria in July

A good month. July is a solid month to be in Alexandria. Daytime highs average 34.1 °C and the afternoon is not negotiable — outdoor plans move to early morning or evening.

July ranks 11 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. Worth keeping in perspective: July is the weakest month of Alexandria's year and it is still a perfectly good one. The downside here is small.

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: 9 days clear 35 °C, so a serious heatwave is normal rather than notable. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest July day reached 45 °C and the coldest night fell to 19.7 °C.

July is dependably dry, and that reliability is the point: across the twenty years measured, the wettest July on record still only managed 14 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 Julys brought 6 mm. Rain simply is not the variable that decides this trip — heat, crowds and cost are.

Wind is light at 12.4 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 62%.

How July sits in the year

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

Daylight in July

July is at or near the longest days of Alexandria's year: 14 hours of daylight, losing 0.4 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 26.2 °C in July — warm enough to stay in as long as you like. This is the warmest the water gets all year.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

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

July in Alexandria versus nearby

If Alexandria is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Cairo is the weaker option in July — 5.2 °C warmer, the same number of rain days. Port Said is a better bet in July — 7.7 °C cooler, the same number of rain days.

So: July is a compromise. April is 30 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

See all twelve months in Alexandria, or where else to go in July.