Esna
City in Egypt: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Images by the Nile No 329.: Badics, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Esna is a city in Egypt, in Qena. About 462,787 people live in the city proper, making it the 13th largest city of Egypt in our atlas.
It lies at 25.29° N, 32.55° E, about 86 m (282 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Cairo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Esna. Green dots: other major cities of Egypt. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Esna has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 41°C (106°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 6°C (42°F). Around 1 mm (0 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
- Assiut · 251 km
- Al Fayyum · 478 km
- Suez · 520 km
- Giza · 541 km
- Cairo · 545 km
- Shubrā al Khaymah · 552 km
- Al Khuşūş · 554 km
- Ismailia · 590 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 355449 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q626031 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Images by the Nile No 329.: Badics, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)