UV Index 🇪🇬Egypt

Egypt stretches from roughly 22°N at its southern border with Sudan to about 31.7°N on the Mediterranean coast, placing the entire country within the subtropical sun belt. The Sahara covers about 95% of the land area, surrounding the narrow Nile valley and delta that hold most of the population. This combination of low latitude, vast arid plateaus and a thin green corridor along the river produces a uniformly intense UV regime, with the strongest solar angles reached over the Western Desert and Upper Egypt.

Egypt's defining feature for UV is its exceptionally clear sky: parts of the Western Desert record among the lowest annual cloud cover on Earth, often under 10%, which combined with subtropical latitude drives very high cumulative UV doses across the year. Sinai rises to Mount Catherine at 2,629 m, where thinner air further boosts UV intensity, while Red Sea coral reefs and pale desert sands reflect additional UV onto skin and eyes. The Egyptian Meteorological Authority monitors weather and solar conditions nationwide.

Egypt sits at #107 of 191 in the WHO's global ambient-UV ranking with about 4,202 J/m² of average daily UV, around the 44th percentile worldwide.