Alexandria

06 · Egypt

Alexandria is one of the world's mega-cities of Egypt, with a population of around 5.3M. This page covers the essentials — climate, currency, transit links — so you can plan a stop here without digging through a guidebook.

Population

5.3M

Timezone

Africa/Cairo

Currency

EGP

Coordinates

31.202, 29.916

🗺 Map 📖 Wikipedia

Nearest airports

HBE — Alexandria International Airport (37 km) DBB — El Alamein International Airport (142 km) SPX — Sphinx International Airport (154 km)

Other cities in Egypt

Cairo Giza Shubrā al Khaymah Port Said Suez Madīnat an Naşr Al Mansurah Al Maḩallah al Kubrá Tanta Assiut

City data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).