vs

Climate

Alexandria logs 11 hot days a year to Damietta's 24 — Alexandria wins by 13. Alexandria and Damietta match on sunny days (328 vs 328).

AlexandriaDamietta
Sunny days
328328
Hot days
1124
Frost days
00
Rainy days
4229
Outdoor dinner months
7/127/12
Avg wind
4.6 m/s4.5 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,3843,346
Darkest month sun
204 hrs/mo203 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.310.3

Alexandria

Feels-like °C

13
13
15
20
25
29
32
33
31
26
21
16

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Damietta

Feels-like °C

12
11
13
17
21
26
30
31
29
24
19
16

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Alexandria averages 31.2 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Damietta's 20.8 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Damietta breathes ~33% cleaner air (10.4 µg/m³ lower).

Alexandria

Damietta

31.2µg/m³
20.8µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Sensitive Groups

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Alexandria (6.9M) and Damietta (727K) are 9.5x in population — Alexandria is the larger metro, Damietta the smaller; on land area Alexandria spans roughly 3.6x more ground.

5.8x

Alexandria is roughly 5.8x the scale of Damietta

Combined population & area comparison

EG flagAlexandria
5.8x
EG flagDamietta
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.EG flagAlexandria6.9M9.5x
2.EG flagDamietta727K1x
Area
1.EG flagAlexandria439 km²3.6x
2.EG flagDamietta123 km²1x
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55 km33 km

EG flagAlexandria

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12 km21 km

EG flagDamietta

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.

Thrives in both
AlexandriaDamietta
Struggles in both
AlexandriaDamietta

Frequently asked about Alexandria vs Damietta

How does the climate compare between Alexandria and Damietta?
Sunny days: 328 vs 328 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 3,384 vs 3,346 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 204 vs 203 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 11 vs 24 d — Alexandria lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 42 vs 29 d — Damietta lower
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