page_title: Climate of Egypt
section_title: General information
hierarchical_section_title: Climate of Egypt / General information
caption_attribution_description: English: Snow in the town of Saint Katherine, Sinai Egypt, on the morning of March 1, 2009.
context_page_description: Egypt essentially has a hot desert climate. The climate is generally extremely dry all over the country except on the northern Mediterranean coast which receives rainfall in winter. In addition to rarity of rain, extreme heat during summer months is also a general climate feature of Egypt although daytime temperatures are more moderated along the northern coast.
context_section_description: Notable climatic features
  Rafah and Alexandria are the wettest places
  Asyut is the driest city
  Aswan and Luxor are the cities with the hottest summer days
  Saint Catherine has the coldest nights and coldest winters
  Cities or resorts with coolest summer days
  Mersa Matruh
  Port Said
  Places with least temperature fluctuation
  Port Said
  Kosseir
  Ras El Bar
  Baltim
  Damietta
  Alexandria
  Wettest places
  Rafah
  Alexandria
  Abu Qir
  Rosetta
  Baltim
  Kafr El Dawwar
  Mersa Matruh
  Cities or resorts with warmest winter nights
  Marsa Alam
  El Qoseir
  Sharm El Sheikh
  Cities with most temperature fluctuation between days and nights
  Luxor
  Minya
  Sohag
  Qena
  Asyut
caption: Snow in Saint Catherine, Sinai Peninsula (1 March 2009)
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