Warmest sea in Egypt

59 coastal locations in Egypt ranked by their year-round average sea temperature. The regional average is 24.6°C. The top of the list shows where to find the warmest water in a typical year. The bottom shows the coldest year-round coasts of the region.

Warmest location

Zabargad Island

27.4°C annual mean in Egypt

Regional average

24.6°C

across all 59 Egypt coastal locations

Warmest month

August

28.9°C region-wide average

Egypt monthly average 20.6°C to 28.9°C

Warmest month August 28.9°C
Coldest month February 20.6°C
Annual mean 24.6°C
Months above 20°C 12 of 12

Month by month across Egypt

Sea temperatures in Egypt swing from 20.6°C in February to 28.9°C in August on average across every coast we track. That spread of 8°C hides much bigger swings at individual locations.

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Egypt sea temperature map

Today's pin colours show the latest daily reading at every Egypt location we track. Pick any pin for the location's full page.

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Top 50 warmest locations in Egypt

The warmest coastal locations across all of Egypt, sorted by year-round average. Click any place for its 30-day chart, monthly profile, and 10-year history.

#	Location	Country	Annual mean	Latest
1	Zabargad Island	Egypt	27.4°C	26.1°C
2	Barnīs Red Sea Governorate	Egypt	27.2°C	25.8°C
3	Berenice	Egypt	27.1°C	25.8°C
4	Hamata	Egypt	26.8°C	25.4°C
5	Marsa Alam	Egypt	26.2°C	24.9°C
6	Nabq	Egypt	26.2°C	24.3°C
7	Coral Bay	Egypt	26.1°C	24.3°C
8	Hadaba	Egypt	26.1°C	24.3°C
9	Naama Bay	Egypt	26.1°C	24.3°C
10	Ras Um El Sid	Egypt	26.1°C	24.3°C
11	Sharm El Sheikh	Egypt	26.1°C	24.3°C
12	Elphinstone Reef	Egypt	26.1°C	24.9°C
13	Port Ghalib	Egypt	26.0°C	24.4°C
14	Ras Muhammad	Egypt	25.9°C	24.5°C
15	Al Qusayr Red Sea Governorate	Egypt	25.9°C	24.0°C
16	Nile River (Luxor)	Egypt	25.9°C	24.3°C
17	Jazirat Shakir South Sinai Governorate	Egypt	25.9°C	24.5°C
18	El Quseir	Egypt	25.8°C	24.1°C
19	Makadi Bay	Egypt	25.8°C	24.4°C
20	Safaga	Egypt	25.8°C	24.4°C
21	Sharm El Naga	Egypt	25.8°C	24.4°C
22	Soma Bay	Egypt	25.8°C	24.4°C
23	Sahl Hasheesh	Egypt	25.7°C	24.2°C
24	Hurghada	Egypt	25.4°C	23.8°C
25	El Gouna	Egypt	25.0°C	23.4°C

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26	Dhahab South Sinai Governorate	Egypt	24.8°C	23.4°C
27	Nuweiba	Egypt	24.8°C	23.4°C
28	El-Tor	Egypt	24.7°C	23.1°C
29	Juzur Ashrafi Red Sea Governorate	Egypt	24.7°C	23.1°C
30	Nuwaybi‘A South Sinai Governorate	Egypt	24.6°C	23.1°C
31	Dahab	Egypt	24.6°C	23.1°C
32	Gulf of Aqaba	Egypt	24.6°C	23.1°C
33	Sinai Peninsula (North)	Egypt	24.6°C	23.0°C
34	Sinai Peninsula (South)	Egypt	24.6°C	23.0°C
35	Taba	Egypt	24.6°C	23.0°C
36	At Tur South Sinai Governorate	Egypt	24.3°C	22.8°C
37	El-Arish	Egypt	23.5°C	21.7°C
38	Suez Canal	Egypt	23.2°C	22.4°C
39	Ras Gharib	Egypt	23.1°C	21.5°C
40	Port Said (Bur Sa'id) Port Said Governorate	Egypt	23.1°C	21.3°C
41	Al Maţarīyah Dakahlia Governorate	Egypt	23.0°C	—
42	Suez (as Suways) El Suez	Egypt	23.0°C	21.1°C
43	Al Matariyah	Egypt	23.0°C	21.3°C
44	Cairo	Egypt	23.0°C	21.3°C
45	Port Said	Egypt	23.0°C	20.6°C
46	‘Izbat Al Burj Damietta Governorate	Egypt	22.9°C	20.5°C
47	Mina Dumyat Damietta Governorate	Egypt	22.9°C	20.5°C
48	Ain Sukhna	Egypt	22.9°C	21.1°C
49	Suez	Egypt	22.9°C	21.1°C
50	Al Iskandariyah (Alexandria) Alexandria	Egypt	22.9°C	21.1°C

Coldest 10 in Egypt for contrast

Same data, sorted the other way. Useful if you want to know which Egypt coasts stay coldest year-round.

#	Location	Country	Annual mean
1	Mersa Matruh	Egypt	22.2°C
2	Marsá Maţrūḩ Matrouh Governorate	Egypt	22.3°C
3	El Alamein	Egypt	22.6°C
4	Alexandria	Egypt	22.8°C
5	Idku	Egypt	22.8°C
6	Ras Sedr	Egypt	22.8°C
7	Zaafarna	Egypt	22.8°C
8	Ezbet el-Borg	Egypt	22.8°C
9	Ra's Za'faranah Red Sea Governorate	Egypt	22.9°C
10	Al Iskandariyah (Alexandria) Alexandria	Egypt	22.9°C