Similar Climates › City Pairings › Algiers ≈ Alexandria
City Pairings
close match
Algiers, Algeria and Alexandria, Egypt are a close climate match — 2,540 km (1,578 mi) apart. Algiers is Köppen zone Csa; Alexandria is BWh.
See Algiers on the interactive map →Algiers is classed hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) while Alexandria is hot desert (BWh) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They are about 2,540 km (1,578 mi) apart, so Alexandria is a reachable stand-in when you want Algiers’ weather elsewhere.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Alexandria should feel familiar if you know Algiers. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 0°C (Alexandria warmer); July by 0°C (Alexandria cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Alexandria is 35 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Alexandria at 11.3 h/day on average versus 10.8 h/day in Algiers (January 9.1 h / 8.6 h, July 13.6 h / 13 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (15 µg/m³ in Alexandria, 13 in Algiers). Dew points differ modestly (January 8°C vs 7°C; July 21°C vs 18°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Alexandria, Egypt is the closest distant match for Algiers, Algeria — scored close, about 2,540 km (1,578 mi) away.
Algiers and Alexandria are separated by roughly 2,540 km (1,578 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
No — Algiers is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) and Alexandria is hot desert (BWh), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Algiers has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). January averages a high of 17°C and a low of 9°C with 85 mm of rain; July averages 31°C / 22°C and 2 mm.
Algiers averages about 8.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 9.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 46); July averages 16 µg/m³ (US AQI 63).
Other close climate matches for Algiers: Tripoli (close), Benghazi (close), Valletta (close).
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