Region · Egypt
Best time to visit Gharbia Governorate
This guide covers 4 destinations in Gharbia Governorate, a first-level administrative division of Egypt. The largest by population are El Mahalla El Kubra, Samannud and Basyoun. Across its destinations, November to April are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Cairo International Airport (CAI).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Comfortable in the most places
- November to April
- Main airport
- CAICairo International Airport
- Currency
- EGPEgyptian pound
- Time zone
- Africa/Cairo
Destinations
Destinations in Gharbia Governorate
Every destination in this guide in Gharbia Governorate, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
When to go
Best time to visit Gharbia Governorate
From the climate of 4 destinations in Gharbia Governorate with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: November to April.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 of 4 | 19 °C | 9 mm |
| February | 4 of 4 | 20 °C | 9 mm |
| March | 4 of 4 | 23 °C | 5 mm |
| April | 4 of 4 | 27 °C | 2 mm |
| May | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 1 mm |
| June | 0 of 4 | 34 °C | 0 mm |
| July | 0 of 4 | 34 °C | 0 mm |
| August | 0 of 4 | 34 °C | 0 mm |
| September | 0 of 4 | 33 °C | 0 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 30 °C | 2 mm |
| November | 4 of 4 | 25 °C | 5 mm |
| December | 4 of 4 | 21 °C | 6 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Gharbia Governorate
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Gharbia Governorate name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
CAI · Cairo International Airport
SPX · Sphinx International Airport
PSD · Port Said International Airport
CCE · Capital International Airport
HBE · Alexandria International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Gharbia Governorate, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
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Nearby
Regions near Gharbia Governorate
Other regions of Egypt with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.