Alexandria
City in Egypt: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
AlexandriaSkyline: ASaber91, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Alexandria is a city in Egypt. About 5.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Egypt in our atlas.
It lies at 31.20° N, 29.92° E, about 9 m (30 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Cairo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Alexandria. Green dots: other major cities of Egypt. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Alexandria has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 34°C (93°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 10°C (49°F). Around 105 mm (4 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in EgyptNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Tanta · 113 km
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá · 122 km
- Al Mansurah · 140 km
- Zagazig · 165 km
- Shubrā al Khaymah · 174 km
- Al Khuşūş · 177 km
- Cairo · 179 km
- Giza · 181 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 361058 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q87 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- AlexandriaSkyline: ASaber91, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Κατακόμβες Κομ Ελ Σουκάφα: Asiatologist, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pharos of Alexandria: Maarten van Heemskerck, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12200, Alexandria, Ras-El-Tine-Palast: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kom el-Dikka, Alexandria: Abdelrhman 1990, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- واجهه مسرح سيد درويش بالأسكندرية: Mahmoud Mostafa Ashour, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- GD-EG-Alex-Antoniadis03: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
