vs
EG flag
Suez

Egypt

Climate

Alexandria logs 11 hot days a year to Suez's 168 — Alexandria wins by 157. Suez also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.

AlexandriaSuez
Sunny days
328339
Hot days
11168
Frost days
00
Rain days
426
Outdoor dinner months
7/128/12
Avg wind
4.6 m/s3.2 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,3843,491
Darkest month sun
204 hrs/mo223 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.311.2

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

Suez

Feels-like °C

15
14
19
25
29
33
36
36
33
26
22
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 Suez's 38.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Alexandria breathes ~19% cleaner air (7.4 µg/m³ lower).

Alexandria

Suez

31.2µg/m³
38.6µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

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 Suez (558K) are 12x in population — Alexandria is the larger metro, Suez the smaller; on land area Alexandria spans roughly 5.9x more ground.

8.5x

Alexandria is roughly 8.5x the scale of Suez

Combined population & area comparison

EG flagAlexandria
8.5x
EG flagSuez
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.EG flagAlexandria6.9M12x
2.EG flagSuez558K1x
Area
1.EG flagAlexandria439 km²5.9x
2.EG flagSuez75 km²1x
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55 km33 km

EG flagAlexandria

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12 km10 km

EG flagSuez

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.

Thrives in both
AlexandriaSuez
Struggles in both
AlexandriaSuez

Frequently asked about Alexandria vs Suez

How does the climate compare between Alexandria and Suez?
Sunny days: 328 vs 339 d — Suez higher Annual sunshine: 3,384 vs 3,491 hrs — Suez higher Winter sunshine: 204 vs 223 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 11 vs 168 d — Alexandria lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 42 vs 6 d — Suez lower
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