Egyptian Winter (northerly / the Delta)

This is of course my first proper 'taste' of the Egyptian winter. We did of course marry in Cairo in the month of December and I have holidayed in Sharm during February (which is generally wamer than this part of Egypt) but this is the first 'long term' stay in the country during the winter season.
What has surprised me – though really it should not have done – is just how cold it seems. Of course its not cold like England is cold. We haven't seen temperatures of only 6 or 7 degrees, or in the minus for that matter, but I guess after finally starting to – to some degree – 'acclimatise' to the hotter weather, this cooler weather can be a bit of a shock.

Life dear old blighty the weather is quite changeable from one day to the next. I forget when now exactly, but I guess it probably was October, we did have some rain – so far a total of 4 days only – and when it does rain boy is it a pain in the wotsit. Mainly because of the design of the houses here – though our new house is being designed to take this into consideration thank God.

Outside, the weather in the sun in sheltered places can get quite hot, easily as hot as a hot day in England, at well over 26 degrees, on other days it can be cloudy and quite chilly, with a cold wind, and can go as low as around 14 degrees. The night times are all chilly, indoors its been as low as 14.2 degrees at night time, and as the houses are built for hot summers there is a lack of any adequate heating, though we do have good thick blankets in bed and we have put the air conditioning on 'heat' which does warm the bedroom up nicely. That said, some nights have been warmer, with the temperature inside up to around 19 degrees C, so very up and down.

We are now approaching the end of January and already, in general, I have seen an increase in both the daytime and night-time temperatures, though having said that yesterday was a bit of a blip – it was warm up until around an hour before sunset then it turned very chilly and was a very cold night. I'm hoping it was a one off. I am told that usually things start to warm up from next month. I will keep you updated ……… Any questions, please post a comment and I will be happy to provide them, or if you just want to chat . . . . . . .