Zagazig
City in Egypt: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Zagzig: Ahmadpontymageed (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Zagazig is a city in Egypt, in Sharqia. About 430,445 people live in the city proper, making it the 14th largest city of Egypt in our atlas.
It lies at 30.59° N, 31.50° E, about 16 m (52 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Cairo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Zagazig. Green dots: other major cities of Egypt. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Zagazig has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 39°C (103°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 7°C (44°F). Around 62 mm (2 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
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
- Al Mansurah · 51 km
- Al Khuşūş · 51 km
- Tanta · 53 km
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá · 53 km
- Shubrā al Khaymah · 57 km
- Cairo · 63 km
- Giza · 70 km
- Ismailia · 74 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 359493 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q140304 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Zagzig: Ahmadpontymageed (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bubastis 011: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Egypt Zagazig Stadium Nov-2006: Original uploader was Miklog at en.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
