Weather in Port Said in January

A good month. January works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 16.9 °C, lows 15.2 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

January ranks 12 of 12 — near the bottom of Port Said's year. May is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 26 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one. Worth keeping in perspective: January is the weakest month of Port Said's year and it is still a perfectly good one. The downside here is small.

Rain on 9 days, 1 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 16.9 °C days and 15.2 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 1.7 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest January day reached 21.6 °C and the coldest night fell to 10.2 °C.

January is moderately variable: 6 mm in the driest year against 93 mm in the wettest, around an average of 41 mm. Roughly two Januarys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind sits around 18.2 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity is unremarkable at 69%.

How January sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 19.1 °C in December, 16.9 here, 16.6 in February. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in January

January sits at the dark end of Port Said'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 18.5 °C in January — swimmable, but it takes a moment to commit. The sea peaks at 28 °C in August and bottoms out at 17.5 °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

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.

January in Port Said versus nearby

If Port Said is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Cairo is a better bet in January — 2.9 °C warmer, 7 days less rain. Alexandria is a better bet in January — within a degree on temperature, 3 days less rain.

So: January is a compromise. May is 26 points better and is what Port Said 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 Port Said

See all twelve months in Port Said, or where else to go in January.