Climate

Alexandria logs 11 hot days a year to Port Said's 22 — Alexandria wins by 11. Port Said also leads on sunny days by 10.

AlexandriaPort Said
Sunny days
328338
Hot days
1122
Frost days
00
Rain days
4219
Outdoor dinner months
7/127/12
Avg wind
4.6 m/s4.9 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,3843,369
Darkest month sun
204 hrs/mo219 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

Port Said

Feels-like °C

13
13
16
22
27
30
34
34
32
26
21
17

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 Port Said's 23.7 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Port Said breathes ~24% cleaner air (7.5 µg/m³ lower).

Alexandria

Port Said

31.2µg/m³
23.7µg/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 Port Said (875K) are 7.9x in population — Alexandria is the larger metro, Port Said the smaller; on land area Alexandria spans roughly 7.7x more ground.

7.8x

Alexandria is roughly 7.8x the scale of Port Said

Combined population & area comparison

EG flagAlexandria
7.8x
EG flagPort Said
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.EG flagAlexandria6.9M7.9x
2.EG flagPort Said875K1x
Area
1.EG flagAlexandria439 km²7.7x
2.EG flagPort Said57 km²1x
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55 km33 km

EG flagAlexandria

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10 km9.6 km

EG flagPort Said

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.

Thrives in both
AlexandriaPort Said
Struggles in both
AlexandriaPort Said

Frequently asked about Alexandria vs Port Said

How does the climate compare between Alexandria and Port Said?
Sunny days: 328 vs 338 d — Port Said higher Annual sunshine: 3,384 vs 3,369 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 204 vs 219 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 11 vs 22 d — Alexandria lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 42 vs 19 d — Port Said lower
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