Map of Marsá Maţrūḩ, Egypt

Marsá Maţrūḩ is the administrative centre of Matruh, Egypt, with a population of about 176,498. It lies at 31.3529°N, 27.2372°E. Marsá Maţrūḩ is about 410 km (254 mi) west of Cairo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Sīdī Barānī, 128 km to the west.

Marsá Maţrūḩ at a glance

Where is Marsá Maţrūḩ?

• The 38th largest city in Egypt by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 06 min on the shortest day to 14 h 11 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Marsá Maţrūḩ

• Sīdī Barānī — 128 km west
• Burj al ‘Arab al Jadīdah — 229 km east
• Alexandria — 255 km east
• Kafr ad Dawwār — 276 km east
• ‘Izbat ‘Alī as Sayyid — 278 km east
• Abū al Maţāmīr — 284 km east
• Idkū — 291 km east
• Abū Ḩummuş — 294 km east
• Ḩawsh ‘Īsá — 295 km east
• Rosetta — 302 km east

Largest cities in Matruh

• Sīdī Barānī — 38,253

Largest cities in Egypt

• Cairo — 9,606,916
• Alexandria — 5,263,542
• Giza — 4,367,343
• Shubrā al Khaymah — 1,240,289
• Port Said — 780,515
• Suez — 699,541
• Al Mansurah — 621,953
• Al Maḩallah al Kubrá — 592,573
• Tanta — 576,648
• Assiut — 528,669

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.