Egypt: the weather in January. Weather in winter in Egypt

The plans of most people planning a trip to Egypt, depend on the weather in the resorts of this African country. Dedicated to rest or business event days should not be too sunny or rainy. Especially undesirable is the combination of heat with high humidity. It is very good to go to Egypt in winter. The weather in January is usually mild. Usually air is heated to +20 ° C, only nights can be cool.

Christmas and New Year's Eve visits to Egypt

The resort cities of Egypt are very popular in the winter months. Here in December and February, Russian tourists and residents of those Eastern European countries, where at this time the cold is raging, the cold slushy weather reigns. The daytime air temperature in the north of the African continent in December-February rarely falls below +20 ° C, at night it is cooler (+10 ° C). The weather in winter in Egypt is suitable for beach and other types of recreation.

Main tourist preferences:

• Vacation at the resorts of the Red Sea and the Sinai Peninsula;
• Visiting world-famous attractions in the desert areas south and west of Cairo;
• Cruises on the blue ribbon of the Nile;
• Visiting the cities of Aswan, Luxor.

Climatic contrasts of Egypt. Mediterranean coast

It is not necessary to focus on average temperatures throughout the country for those who first decided to visit Egypt. The weather in January on the Mediterranean coast is significantly different from that prevailing in the interior desert regions. The strip of land in the north, where the cities of Alexandria and Port Said are located, is located in the subtropical climatic zone. Summer days here are sunny, but not so hot, the winter is relatively warm and humid. This climate is often called "eternal spring".

Resorts in Egypt allow you to swim for almost all calendar months, only for young children and elderly tourists the winter sea sometimes seems not warm enough. The water heats up to +21 (the temperature in January). In Egypt, off the coast of Alexandria and other Mediterranean resorts, the bathing season begins in the spring and lasts until October. The average January temperature on the northern coast is +18 ° C.

Weather in winter in the Red Sea area

The main resort area of Egypt is located on the shores of the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, in the southeast of the Sinai Peninsula. These areas, as well as the entire southern and central parts of the country, are in the tropical climatic zone. It is characterized by high summer temperatures, warm weather in winter. Egypt in January gives good prospects for interesting diving to the bottom of the Red Sea. Fans of diving and snorkeling have long been chosen for their underwater excursions of local coral reefs. In the winter, the water is cleaner and more transparent, all the riches of the underwater world as in the palm of your hand.

Individual January days can be cool, but there are not many of them, and there is no such winter in Egypt as in temperate latitudes. Heavy rains, snow - a rare phenomenon, and the total amount of moisture is only 100-250 mm per year. In the tropics it is difficult to distinguish four seasons, so it is more often said of two seasons: hot and dry, cool and relatively wet. The first begins in April and lasts until November. Then the flow of air masses is replaced, the long-awaited coolness comes, more rain falls. January is the rainiest month of the year, especially on the northern coast of the country (2-3 rainfalls a month).

Weather in Egypt. December, January is a great time for a holiday trip

On the eve of the Catholic Christmas and the New Year, the demand for tours to Egypt is growing. After the New Year holidays, its decline is observed until April. The low season comes at the end of November, but lasts less than one month. In winter, apart from the rest on the coast, excursions to the sights of the cradle of the civilization of the pharaohs are popular. The flow of tourists is increasing, which are sent to the cities of Cairo and Luxor, to the pyramids on the Giza plateau.

Experienced tourists in January use the opportunity to visit the sights in the Sahara and Upper Egypt, where it is quite hot in the summer. In Aswan in the south, January is warm - almost +24 ° C. Air in desert areas is heated in winter to +25 ° C. Particularly felt climatic contrasts, when in the afternoon you can walk in one T-shirt, and at night - enjoy a warm blanket, because the window is only +10 ° C.

Egypt: January weather, desert winds

One of the unpleasant features of winter in Egypt can be called sandstorms. They come from the inner regions of the Sahara, where in January, at night, the temperature is about 0 ° C. The season of sandstorms begins in late autumn and lasts all winter. For guests arriving in Egypt, the weather in January may seem uncomfortable for a rest because of the coolness that the wind brings (+17 ° C). But as soon as the sun comes out, it becomes warm again (to +28 ° C).

The season of winds more shows its negative impact in Hurghada and less is felt at the resorts of the Sinai Peninsula, because Dahab and Sharm-el-Sheikh are protected by a water strip of the Suez Canal and mountain peaks.

Features of tourist seasons in Egypt

Prices for accommodation in hotels, for sightseeing services are sensitive to such indicators as an increase or decrease in the tourist flow to the country. In Egypt, the weather and climate have the most direct effect on the preferences of foreign and local guests. Almost throughout the country, the period from December to February inclusive - the high season, from June to August - low. Less is reflected in these fluctuations in visits to the eastern part and Cairo. The Alexandrian coast and the resorts of the Red Sea were chosen not only by guests from the northern countries of Europe. Local residents and Arabs living in the Persian Gulf basin prefer to spend their summer holidays here.

Weather in the winter in Egypt sometimes presents unpleasant surprises. In Cairo, cold evenings, during the day it is cloudy. On the shores of the Mediterranean Sea can charge the rains. The beaches of the Sinai Peninsula in January do not seem as welcoming as in the velvet season. The best way out is to spend the New Year holidays in Egypt, and then to come again, in the autumn.