Tanta
City in Egypt: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Tanta-1: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tanta is a city in Egypt, in Gharbia. About 576,648 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Egypt in our atlas.
It lies at 30.79° N, 31.00° E, about 18 m (59 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Cairo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Tanta. Green dots: other major cities of Egypt. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tanta has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 38°C (101°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (46°F). Around 76 mm (3 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.
What to eat in EgyptNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá · 26 km
- Al Mansurah · 45 km
- Zagazig · 53 km
- Al Khuşūş · 77 km
- Shubrā al Khaymah · 77 km
- Cairo · 84 km
- Giza · 89 km
- Alexandria · 113 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 347497 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q271771 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Tanta-1: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)