El Dabaa
in Matruh Governorate, Egypt

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
31.028 and 28.445 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 31° 1' 41" and E 28° 26' 41"
Currency and Currency Code:
Pound - EGP
Spoken languages:
Arabic, English, French
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 12:16 AM (Saturday)
Timezone: Africa/Cairo
UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
6:03 am and 6:20 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-23.400 and -149.500 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Tepu
References
This place on Wikipedia
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Current travel safety evaluation for Egypt in Northern Africa

Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Egypt.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Egypt. Last Update: 2023-03-24 08:18:37

Explore El Dabaa

El Dabaa in Matruh Governorate is a city in Egypt about 180 mi (or 289 km) west of Cairo, the country's capital.

Local time in El Dabaa is now 12:16 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Africa / Cairo with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 5 airports in the vicinity of El Dabaa. The closest airport in Egypt is El Alamein International Airport in a distance of 7 mi (or 12 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Abu Mena in a distance of 73 mi (or 118 km), East.

Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Marsa Matruh, Alexandria, Beheira, Damanhur and Kafr ash Shaykh. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 65 °F

Morning Temperature 16°C / 61 °F
Evening Temperature 17°C / 62 °F
Night Temperature 16°C / 61 °F
Chance of rainfall 5%
Air Humidity 81%
Air Pressure 1008 hPa
Wind Speed Fresh Breeze with 15 km/h (9 mph) from South-West
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky
General Conditions Light rain

Saturday, 25th of March 2023

18°C (64 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, few clouds.

Sunday, 26th of March 2023

19°C (66 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Scattered clouds, fresh breeze.

Monday, 27th of March 2023

18°C (65 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.

Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

RAF El Daba

El Daba is a village and rail station about 180 km West of Alexandria by road. RAF El Daba (othewise Desert Landing Ground 105) is a former Royal Air Force military airfield located approximately 4.6 kilometres south-southeast of the village. El Daba was a pre–World War II airfield, one of a number of DLGs created in the Western Desert of Egypt after the Munich Crisis of the late 1930s.

Located at 31.0167, 28.4667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Royal Air Force stations in Egypt, Royal Air Force stations of World War II in Egypt, Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Egypt, World War II desert airfields, Defunct airports in Egypt

El Dabaa

El Dabaa is a Markaz in Egypt that lies 183.9 miles away from Cairo Airport, Cairo on the north coast. It is famous for the proposal of establishing a new nuclear reactor in it. El Dabaa has been targeted by protesters who are claiming that their land was wrongly taken by the government to make way for the nuclear plant. As of 2012, and as a result of those protests, the site has been shut down.

Located at 31.0333, 28.4333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Populated places in Egypt, Nuclear energy in Egypt


This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
El Dab‘a, Ed Dab‘a, Al-Dab‘ah, Aḑ Ḑab‘ah, الضبعة, El Dabaa, DBB