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Satellite view of Shāţi’ al Ibrāhīmīyah; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Shāţi’ al Ibrāhīmīyah

EgyptAlexandria · Egypt · Mediterranean Sea

31.2166, 29.9220 · Alexandria, 2 km

  • 27°Sea · August
  • 34°High · August
  • 12.1 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Shāţi’ al Ibrāhīmīyah. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Shāţi’ al Ibrāhīmīyah in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high19°C at night
  • 26°CSea temperature
  • 8.1 hSunshine a day
  • 1 dayRainy days in the month7 mm in total
  • 14 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 59Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 38 kmAirport: Alexandria International Airport (HBE)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 26.2 °C — 0.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 25.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.4 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September27 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainAugust and September0 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan18°6 h23 mm
  2. Feb17°6 h16 mm
  3. Mar17°8 h9 mm
  4. Apr19°10 h14 mm
  5. May21°11 h1 mm
  6. Jun24°12 h1 mm
  7. Jul26°12 h1 mm
  8. Aug27°11 h0 mm
  9. Sep27°10 h0 mm
  10. Oct26°8 h7 mm
  11. Nov23°7 h13 mm
  12. Dec20°5 h20 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18°Feb: 17°Mar: 17°Apr: 19°May: 21°Jun: 24°Jul: 26°Aug: 27°Sep: 27°Oct: 26°Nov: 23°Dec: 20°27°17°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 14 °C (High 18° / Low 10°)Feb: 15 °C (High 19° / Low 10°)Mar: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 11°)Apr: 19 °C (High 26° / Low 13°)May: 23 °C (High 29° / Low 17°)Jun: 26 °C (High 32° / Low 20°)Jul: 28 °C (High 34° / Low 22°)Aug: 28 °C (High 34° / Low 23°)Sep: 27 °C (High 32° / Low 22°)Oct: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 19°)Nov: 20 °C (High 24° / Low 16°)Dec: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 12°)28°14°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm10 mm20 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 mm23Feb: 16 mmMar: 9 mmApr: 14 mmMay: 1 mmJun: 1 mmJul: 1 mmAug: 0 mm0Sep: 0 mmOct: 7 mmNov: 13 mmDec: 20 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.7 hFeb: 6.5 hMar: 8.3 hApr: 9.6 hMay: 10.9 hJun: 12.1 h12.1Jul: 12.0 hAug: 11.1 hSep: 9.9 hOct: 8.1 hNov: 6.6 hDec: 5.4 h5.4

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Shāţi’ al Ibrāhīmīyah: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Shāţi’ al Ibrāhīmīyah: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1810182365.716
February1910171646.516
March221117928.316
April2613191419.616
May2917211010.916
June3220241012.116
July3422261012.016
Augustwarmest sea3423270011.115
September322227009.915
October281926718.114
November2416231336.614
December2012202055.416

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Shāţi’ al Ibrāhīmīyah: Beaches of Alexandria clean up in 2016 , photo by Hatem Moushir 9
Photo: Hatem Moushir · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Shāţi’ al Ibrāhīmīyah: Beaches of Alexandria clean up in 2016 , photo by Hatem Moushir 10
Photo: Hatem Moushir · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER25 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202011 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.125 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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