Hot weather expected across Egypt on Tuesday

2026-03-17 - 09:03

The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) forecasts that Tuesday’s weather will be cold at night and in the early morning, becoming warm during the day across most of the country, and hot in southern Upper Egypt. Fog is expected in the morning across northern Egypt, extending to Greater Cairo, the Suez Canal cities, northern Upper Egypt, and central Sinai, growing dense at certain times on some roads. There is a chance of light rain in parts of the northwestern coast, the Western Desert, southern Upper Egypt, and the cities of Halayeb and Shalateen. Winds will be active in parts of Lower Egypt, possibly stirring sand and dust in parts of the Western Desert and along the northwestern coast. Tuesday’s temperatures: Matrouh: 23C Alexandria: 24C Cairo, Hurghada: 25C Sharm El-Sheikh: 27C Luxor: 31C Aswan: 32C Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm