Abū al Maţāmīr climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Abū al Maţāmīr?

Abū al Maţāmīr has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 74 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abū al Maţāmīr?

The hottest day measured in Abū al Maţāmīr between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1941, reaching 45.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Abū al Maţāmīr?

The coldest day measured in Abū al Maţāmīr between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at 0.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Abū al Maţāmīr?

Almost never: Abū al Maţāmīr sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Abū al Maţāmīr warmed?

Yes: Abū al Maţāmīr warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Abū al Maţāmīr?

The wettest day measured in Abū al Maţāmīr between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1967, with 31 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Abū al Maţāmīr?

The windiest day measured in Abū al Maţāmīr between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Abū al Maţāmīr?

The warmest month in Abū al Maţāmīr is August (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Abū al Maţāmīr?

Abū al Maţāmīr receives on average 74 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 20 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Abū al Maţāmīr?

Abū al Maţāmīr gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Abū al Maţāmīr (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 74 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Abū al Maţāmīr averages 0 frost days, 143 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 20 rainy days per year.

Abū al Maţāmīr has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.4 °C (on 10 May 1941) and the coldest 0.0 °C (on 9 February 1950).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Abū al MaţāmīrBeheira

coords: 30.91°, 30.17°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.6°C

Average daily high

26.8°C

Average daily low

15.7°C

Annual rainfall

74mm

Sunshine / day

11.4h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

17.4km/h

Seasonal range

13.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

143 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

20 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.8 °C

Average feels-like low

15.8 °C

Average peak gust

37.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

102 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

45.4 °C

10 May 1941

Coldest day

0.0 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

31 mm

23 October 1967

Windiest day

47.9 km/h

3 February 1992

Strongest gust

103.0 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

29 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-3.4 °C

9 February 1950

Sunniest day

14.0 h

8 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.5 °C11 May 2025	5.3 °C26 February 2025	21.5 °C	36 mm	147
2024	38.8 °C24 April 2024	5.6 °C1 February 2024	21.9 °C	63 mm	150
2023	39.6 °C7 September 2023	7.5 °C9 February 2023	22.1 °C	70 mm	151
2022	40.4 °C11 June 2022	4.7 °C22 January 2022	21.2 °C	76 mm	141
2021	41.0 °C8 May 2021	7.3 °C25 January 2021	21.8 °C	99 mm	150
2020	42.1 °C20 May 2020	6.7 °C25 January 2020	21.4 °C	117 mm	144
2019	43.2 °C23 May 2019	3.3 °C10 January 2019	21.3 °C	94 mm	158
2018	40.7 °C22 May 2018	8.1 °C20 January 2018	22.2 °C	76 mm	163
2017	39.5 °C8 June 2017	4.2 °C6 January 2017	21.4 °C	29 mm	140
2016	42.6 °C14 May 2016	6.0 °C22 January 2016	22.0 °C	52 mm	159
2015	40.9 °C27 May 2015	6.7 °C16 February 2015	21.4 °C	131 mm	136
2014	41.2 °C4 June 2014	6.9 °C15 March 2014	21.3 °C	40 mm	134
2013	40.1 °C2 June 2013	5.8 °C13 December 2013	21.0 °C	73 mm	132
2012	38.3 °C22 May 2012	5.9 °C11 February 2012	21.0 °C	70 mm	154
2011	37.3 °C17 April 2011	7.3 °C7 December 2011	20.7 °C	68 mm	130
2010	41.0 °C21 June 2010	6.2 °C7 February 2010	21.9 °C	30 mm	149
2009	38.9 °C24 June 2009	5.6 °C5 January 2009	21.3 °C	48 mm	147
2008	39.2 °C23 April 2008	5.4 °C19 January 2008	21.3 °C	60 mm	148
2007	38.0 °C19 May 2007	6.0 °C25 January 2007	20.9 °C	45 mm	129
2006	38.7 °C11 July 2006	4.6 °C11 February 2006	20.7 °C	51 mm	135
2005	35.5 °C21 September 2005	6.1 °C10 February 2005	20.8 °C	35 mm	135
2004	37.6 °C6 May 2004	5.5 °C17 February 2004	20.7 °C	57 mm	142
2003	37.5 °C4 April 2003	5.4 °C11 February 2003	20.9 °C	62 mm	149
2002	42.3 °C29 July 2002	6.2 °C7 January 2002	21.1 °C	81 mm	130
2001	39.6 °C26 May 2001	5.1 °C22 December 2001	21.1 °C	51 mm	135
2000	40.2 °C12 April 2000	5.8 °C29 February 2000	20.5 °C	82 mm	130
1999	39.5 °C22 June 1999	6.2 °C30 December 1999	21.6 °C	20 mm	161
1998	42.4 °C15 April 1998	6.7 °C22 March 1998	21.4 °C	56 mm	153
1997	39.0 °C8 June 1997	4.1 °C7 February 1997	20.5 °C	66 mm	140
1996	40.8 °C20 September 1996	3.1 °C25 January 1996	20.5 °C	104 mm	141
1995	42.6 °C1 July 1995	4.8 °C27 December 1995	20.3 °C	56 mm	140
1994	40.2 °C20 April 1994	6.0 °C23 December 1994	20.7 °C	138 mm	156
1993	40.4 °C17 April 1993	2.8 °C13 January 1993	20.3 °C	44 mm	143
1992	39.8 °C20 June 1992	4.0 °C29 December 1992	19.5 °C	112 mm	117
1991	37.9 °C8 May 1991	5.0 °C28 January 1991	20.1 °C	134 mm	130
1990	36.6 °C31 May 1990	5.0 °C16 December 1990	20.3 °C	40 mm	133
1989	38.4 °C28 May 1989	3.8 °C16 February 1989	20.2 °C	57 mm	149
1988	42.5 °C15 May 1988	6.3 °C21 December 1988	20.4 °C	84 mm	140
1987	38.2 °C6 May 1987	4.7 °C16 March 1987	19.8 °C	54 mm	117
1986	40.5 °C7 June 1986	6.5 °C24 December 1986	20.4 °C	72 mm	127
1985	39.8 °C29 April 1985	5.2 °C4 March 1985	20.6 °C	94 mm	138
1984	40.3 °C12 May 1984	5.8 °C17 February 1984	20.2 °C	39 mm	139
1983	40.0 °C10 July 1983	5.0 °C23 February 1983	19.7 °C	92 mm	119
1982	37.3 °C12 June 1982	5.8 °C17 January 1982	19.9 °C	61 mm	132
1981	41.4 °C23 April 1981	6.1 °C14 January 1981	20.2 °C	32 mm	137
1980	39.9 °C30 May 1980	5.6 °C7 January 1980	20.1 °C	57 mm	133
1979	43.3 °C2 April 1979	3.8 °C17 January 1979	20.5 °C	37 mm	116
1978	43.0 °C27 May 1978	4.3 °C6 January 1978	20.3 °C	57 mm	135
1977	42.3 °C5 June 1977	4.7 °C13 January 1977	20.4 °C	69 mm	137
1976	38.3 °C15 April 1976	4.0 °C26 January 1976	20.2 °C	48 mm	137
1975	38.4 °C26 May 1975	5.4 °C12 February 1975	20.4 °C	79 mm	142
1974	40.2 °C20 May 1974	5.0 °C26 January 1974	20.4 °C	140 mm	162
1973	41.3 °C10 June 1973	3.2 °C4 January 1973	20.3 °C	56 mm	153
1972	38.9 °C29 September 1972	6.3 °C10 February 1972	20.6 °C	111 mm	155
1971	38.1 °C19 June 1971	6.0 °C15 March 1971	20.5 °C	117 mm	139
1970	43.4 °C21 May 1970	3.7 °C21 December 1970	20.4 °C	84 mm	139
1969	39.9 °C15 June 1969	5.7 °C6 January 1969	20.5 °C	90 mm	129
1968	39.0 °C14 August 1968	5.2 °C11 January 1968	20.3 °C	93 mm	126
1967	40.3 °C12 June 1967	4.9 °C24 January 1967	19.7 °C	139 mm	116
1966	42.1 °C2 June 1966	2.8 °C9 December 1966	20.8 °C	90 mm	150
1965	40.9 °C27 May 1965	6.1 °C13 January 1965	20.1 °C	101 mm	133
1964	41.8 °C29 May 1964	3.6 °C7 January 1964	19.9 °C	101 mm	126
1963	37.3 °C30 May 1963	3.0 °C29 January 1963	20.2 °C	55 mm	136
1962	40.7 °C11 June 1962	6.1 °C18 January 1962	20.3 °C	38 mm	136
1961	44.3 °C30 May 1961	4.3 °C24 January 1961	19.8 °C	106 mm	110
1960	41.3 °C6 May 1960	5.1 °C10 January 1960	21.1 °C	45 mm	162
1959	42.4 °C10 June 1959	4.9 °C16 February 1959	20.0 °C	44 mm	136
1958	40.0 °C31 March 1958	6.2 °C8 February 1958	20.7 °C	43 mm	149
1957	41.6 °C15 April 1957	3.1 °C16 January 1957	20.3 °C	87 mm	146
1956	42.2 °C24 July 1956	4.4 °C11 February 1956	20.6 °C	55 mm	144
1955	40.5 °C3 September 1955	4.5 °C1 January 1955	21.1 °C	70 mm	162
1954	39.8 °C19 May 1954	2.7 °C1 February 1954	20.3 °C	84 mm	153
1953	41.1 °C16 June 1953	2.5 °C14 January 1953	20.1 °C	97 mm	153
1952	39.9 °C21 May 1952	4.1 °C14 January 1952	20.6 °C	70 mm	158
1951	40.5 °C9 September 1951	3.8 °C30 December 1951	20.7 °C	90 mm	163
1950	39.9 °C20 April 1950	0.0 °C9 February 1950	20.2 °C	86 mm	157
1949	40.6 °C16 May 1949	3.2 °C3 January 1949	19.6 °C	148 mm	141
1948	42.5 °C14 June 1948	5.2 °C11 March 1948	19.9 °C	111 mm	143
1947	40.1 °C16 May 1947	5.0 °C25 January 1947	21.0 °C	62 mm	161
1946	38.2 °C1 June 1946	3.1 °C11 February 1946	20.9 °C	71 mm	168
1945	40.3 °C16 August 1945	1.5 °C3 January 1945	20.0 °C	80 mm	145
1944	43.4 °C13 June 1944	3.5 °C20 February 1944	20.3 °C	103 mm	158
1943	42.1 °C1 October 1943	5.2 °C9 February 1943	20.2 °C	97 mm	137
1942	45.1 °C6 May 1942	1.1 °C7 January 1942	20.5 °C	60 mm	166
1941	45.4 °C10 May 1941	3.7 °C1 January 1941	20.7 °C	101 mm	160
1940	40.0 °C10 June 1940	2.5 °C24 December 1940	20.3 °C	59 mm	167

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.2 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

147 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

36 mm

-39 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.0 °C	+2.1 °C	9 mm	-9 mm
Feb	18.5 °C	-1.5 °C	3 mm	-9 mm
Mar	24.7 °C	+2.1 °C	6 mm	-3 mm
Apr	25.5 °C	-1.1 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
May	29.7 °C	-0.2 °C	4 mm	+2 mm
Jun	31.0 °C	-1.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	33.0 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	33.5 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	31.4 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	29.2 °C	+0.1 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Nov	26.5 °C	+1.6 °C	4 mm	-7 mm
Dec	21.4 °C	+0.8 °C	8 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.5 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest day

5.3 °C

26 Feb 2025

Wettest day

4.0 mm

6 Mar 2025

Windiest day

30.7 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

59.0 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.2 °C

26 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Abū al Maţāmīr?

Abū al Maţāmīr has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 74 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abū al Maţāmīr?

The hottest day measured in Abū al Maţāmīr between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1941, reaching 45.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Abū al Maţāmīr?

The coldest day measured in Abū al Maţāmīr between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at 0.0 °C.

Does it snow in Abū al Maţāmīr?

Almost never: Abū al Maţāmīr sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Abū al Maţāmīr warmed?

Yes: Abū al Maţāmīr warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Abū al Maţāmīr?

The wettest day measured in Abū al Maţāmīr between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1967, with 31 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Abū al Maţāmīr?

The windiest day measured in Abū al Maţāmīr between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Abū al Maţāmīr?

The warmest month in Abū al Maţāmīr is August (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Abū al Maţāmīr?

Abū al Maţāmīr receives on average 74 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 20 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Abū al Maţāmīr?

Abū al Maţāmīr gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Abū al Maţāmīr?

Yes: Abū al Maţāmīr has on average 102 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Abū al Maţāmīr?

In Abū al Maţāmīr, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 29 July 2002, and the lowest was -3.4 °C on 9 February 1950.

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