Best time to visit Port Said

May is the best month in Port Said, scoring 100 out of 100, with January the weakest at 74. The 26-point spread means timing is worth planning around without being decisive. The good window runs April to November — 8 months within ten points of the best.

August is the warmest month at 27.3 °C and February the coolest at 16.6 °C — a 10.7 °C spread across the year. It never reaches 30 °C in an average year, which takes heat off the list of reasons to avoid any particular month.

There is a real wet season here. January, February and December carry the rain — up to 9 wet days in a month — while May to September drop as low as 0. That 9-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Port Said, and it moves further than the temperature does.

The sea is comfortable for swimming in May to November — 28 °C at its warmest against 17.5 °C at its coldest. The water peaks a month or two after the air does, so the best swimming falls later in the year than the best weather. Daylight runs from 10.1 hours in winter to 14.2 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are May, June, September. The one to think twice about is January. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight, sea temperature and crowd levels.

Port Said month by month