Al Bawīţī climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Bawīţī?

Al Bawīţī has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 7 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Bawīţī?

The hottest day measured in Al Bawīţī between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1977, reaching 46.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Bawīţī?

The coldest day measured in Al Bawīţī between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1953, at -2.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Bawīţī?

Almost never: Al Bawīţī sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Al Bawīţī warmed?

Yes: Al Bawīţī warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Bawīţī?

The wettest day measured in Al Bawīţī between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1966, with 23 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Bawīţī?

The windiest day measured in Al Bawīţī between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with winds reaching 58.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Bawīţī?

The warmest month in Al Bawīţī is July (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Bawīţī?

Al Bawīţī receives on average 7 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 2 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Bawīţī?

Al Bawīţī gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Al Bawīţī (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 7 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 July (29.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Al Bawīţī averages 0 frost days, 169 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 2 rainy days per year.

Al Bawīţī has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.7 °C (on 5 June 1977) and the coldest -2.1 °C (on 13 January 1953).

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

Al BawīţīGiza Governorate

coords: 28.35°, 28.87°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

21.6°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

15.1°C

Annual rainfall

7mm

Sunshine / day

11.4h

Mean relative humidity

44%

Average peak wind

21.2km/h

Seasonal range

17.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

169 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

2 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.0 °C

Average feels-like low

13.0 °C

Average peak gust

35.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

111 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

46.7 °C

5 June 1977

Coldest day

-2.1 °C

13 January 1953

Wettest day

23 mm

22 November 1966

Windiest day

58.8 km/h

12 March 2020

Strongest gust

87.5 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.2 °C

11 August 2015

Coldest feels-like

-7.4 °C

3 January 1942

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

22 January 1967

Sunniest day

13.8 h

12 June 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.1 °C27 July 2025	4.7 °C25 February 2025	22.8 °C	5 mm	183	0
2024	43.7 °C14 June 2024	3.6 °C4 February 2024	23.3 °C	4 mm	176	0
2023	43.0 °C6 August 2023	3.8 °C3 February 2023	23.1 °C	3 mm	180	0
2022	42.7 °C11 June 2022	1.8 °C25 January 2022	22.1 °C	9 mm	169	0
2021	43.6 °C8 May 2021	3.3 °C21 December 2021	22.9 °C	12 mm	186	0
2020	42.7 °C21 May 2020	4.1 °C8 January 2020	22.4 °C	25 mm	173	0
2019	44.0 °C22 May 2019	1.3 °C17 January 2019	22.7 °C	3 mm	182	0
2018	45.1 °C22 May 2018	4.0 °C20 January 2018	23.4 °C	6 mm	200	0
2017	42.9 °C8 June 2017	1.7 °C29 January 2017	22.3 °C	3 mm	173	0
2016	45.2 °C4 June 2016	2.6 °C3 January 2016	23.1 °C	4 mm	188	0
2015	45.8 °C27 May 2015	2.6 °C20 February 2015	22.6 °C	1 mm	184	0
2014	43.9 °C30 May 2014	3.6 °C15 January 2014	22.8 °C	1 mm	181	0
2013	46.6 °C31 May 2013	2.8 °C19 January 2013	22.4 °C	2 mm	182	0
2012	40.4 °C18 July 2012	1.3 °C17 January 2012	22.5 °C	6 mm	201	0
2011	42.3 °C10 June 2011	4.4 °C19 December 2011	21.9 °C	7 mm	165	0
2010	45.6 °C21 June 2010	3.5 °C18 December 2010	23.9 °C	0 mm	203	0
2009	41.6 °C24 June 2009	2.3 °C5 January 2009	22.6 °C	1 mm	175	0
2008	41.5 °C8 June 2008	1.6 °C18 January 2008	22.8 °C	1 mm	178	0
2007	42.4 °C27 July 2007	2.5 °C3 January 2007	22.5 °C	1 mm	190	0
2006	41.3 °C11 August 2006	2.0 °C15 January 2006	22.2 °C	6 mm	177	0
2005	42.0 °C20 June 2005	1.9 °C27 December 2005	22.2 °C	20 mm	178	0
2004	45.2 °C9 May 2004	2.7 °C16 February 2004	22.3 °C	5 mm	186	0
2003	41.5 °C28 May 2003	2.4 °C25 February 2003	22.3 °C	1 mm	182	0
2002	44.6 °C29 July 2002	1.9 °C5 January 2002	22.7 °C	4 mm	170	0
2001	43.0 °C27 May 2001	2.8 °C29 January 2001	22.5 °C	1 mm	177	0
2000	41.5 °C12 April 2000	2.1 °C28 December 2000	21.6 °C	1 mm	169	0
1999	41.4 °C23 August 1999	3.0 °C29 December 1999	22.4 °C	3 mm	185	0
1998	43.0 °C5 July 1998	3.1 °C21 December 1998	22.4 °C	6 mm	178	0
1997	42.2 °C13 July 1997	3.2 °C5 February 1997	21.7 °C	3 mm	167	0
1996	42.8 °C6 September 1996	1.3 °C19 January 1996	22.1 °C	3 mm	178	0
1995	45.4 °C1 July 1995	0.7 °C17 January 1995	21.9 °C	6 mm	169	0
1994	43.4 °C21 April 1994	1.8 °C20 December 1994	22.1 °C	7 mm	184	0
1993	42.0 °C4 June 1993	2.8 °C14 January 1993	21.9 °C	4 mm	178	0
1992	45.5 °C20 June 1992	1.9 °C26 December 1992	21.0 °C	4 mm	158	0
1991	45.0 °C13 May 1991	2.2 °C30 December 1991	21.7 °C	7 mm	178	0
1990	40.3 °C17 June 1990	4.1 °C30 January 1990	21.6 °C	1 mm	169	0
1989	41.7 °C22 June 1989	2.1 °C23 January 1989	21.7 °C	1 mm	180	0
1988	44.4 °C20 June 1988	3.5 °C12 December 1988	21.8 °C	31 mm	167	0
1987	43.4 °C31 May 1987	1.0 °C12 January 1987	21.3 °C	7 mm	154	0
1986	43.0 °C10 June 1986	2.7 °C13 January 1986	21.5 °C	1 mm	149	0
1985	41.4 °C2 June 1985	0.4 °C5 January 1985	21.6 °C	23 mm	156	0
1984	43.5 °C12 May 1984	2.6 °C28 December 1984	21.2 °C	2 mm	166	0
1983	42.1 °C24 June 1983	1.6 °C30 January 1983	20.7 °C	2 mm	155	0
1982	39.6 °C9 July 1982	0.9 °C30 December 1982	20.8 °C	7 mm	161	0
1981	42.9 °C23 April 1981	1.0 °C12 January 1981	21.0 °C	0 mm	163	0
1980	42.1 °C20 May 1980	1.4 °C7 January 1980	21.1 °C	3 mm	157	0
1979	42.9 °C23 June 1979	1.4 °C6 January 1979	21.6 °C	2 mm	170	0
1978	42.5 °C27 May 1978	-0.6 °C5 January 1978	21.0 °C	2 mm	154	1
1977	46.7 °C5 June 1977	2.0 °C17 December 1977	20.8 °C	6 mm	152	0
1976	40.7 °C8 June 1976	1.4 °C10 February 1976	20.8 °C	3 mm	165	0
1975	39.0 °C26 May 1975	1.3 °C6 January 1975	20.8 °C	30 mm	151	0
1974	40.7 °C18 June 1974	-0.2 °C24 January 1974	21.2 °C	11 mm	170	1
1973	42.0 °C10 June 1973	0.6 °C17 January 1973	21.0 °C	2 mm	164	0
1972	41.4 °C19 June 1972	1.0 °C26 January 1972	21.4 °C	9 mm	172	0
1971	39.8 °C18 June 1971	3.1 °C23 November 1971	21.1 °C	13 mm	156	0
1970	43.8 °C20 May 1970	2.7 °C23 December 1970	21.2 °C	3 mm	165	0
1969	45.4 °C16 June 1969	1.1 °C31 January 1969	21.7 °C	12 mm	176	0
1968	43.8 °C14 August 1968	1.2 °C3 February 1968	21.3 °C	1 mm	160	0
1967	43.3 °C13 June 1967	2.5 °C23 January 1967	20.8 °C	40 mm	152	0
1966	41.9 °C2 June 1966	0.8 °C11 January 1966	21.8 °C	99 mm	180	0
1965	44.3 °C9 June 1965	2.4 °C9 February 1965	21.1 °C	2 mm	166	0
1964	41.4 °C30 May 1964	0.8 °C19 January 1964	21.0 °C	26 mm	161	0
1963	42.2 °C18 June 1963	0.7 °C28 December 1963	22.0 °C	4 mm	177	0
1962	43.4 °C11 June 1962	3.2 °C22 February 1962	21.8 °C	1 mm	186	0
1961	46.6 °C31 May 1961	2.7 °C24 January 1961	20.9 °C	3 mm	148	0
1960	43.2 °C5 July 1960	2.2 °C31 December 1960	22.1 °C	2 mm	184	0
1959	43.3 °C10 June 1959	1.5 °C25 December 1959	20.7 °C	2 mm	152	0
1958	41.2 °C18 April 1958	2.5 °C28 January 1958	21.5 °C	7 mm	164	0
1957	40.3 °C6 September 1957	2.3 °C11 December 1957	21.4 °C	6 mm	177	0
1956	42.4 °C24 July 1956	0.3 °C11 February 1956	21.1 °C	7 mm	147	0
1955	41.6 °C30 July 1955	1.9 °C1 January 1955	21.4 °C	2 mm	161	0
1954	42.6 °C28 May 1954	-1.8 °C3 January 1954	20.5 °C	3 mm	145	3
1953	40.0 °C16 June 1953	-2.1 °C13 January 1953	20.5 °C	5 mm	155	3
1952	41.9 °C21 May 1952	-1.2 °C22 January 1952	21.0 °C	3 mm	168	1
1951	39.8 °C31 May 1951	1.2 °C30 December 1951	21.2 °C	4 mm	172	0
1950	41.4 °C17 May 1950	-1.4 °C8 February 1950	20.5 °C	1 mm	151	6
1949	41.9 °C9 May 1949	0.9 °C8 February 1949	19.9 °C	9 mm	143	0
1948	41.4 °C15 June 1948	0.8 °C1 January 1948	20.1 °C	3 mm	138	0
1947	39.8 °C4 September 1947	0.8 °C19 December 1947	21.5 °C	2 mm	158	0
1946	41.1 °C2 June 1946	-0.6 °C16 January 1946	21.1 °C	3 mm	171	2
1945	41.4 °C16 August 1945	-1.0 °C10 January 1945	20.1 °C	10 mm	152	3
1944	43.0 °C12 June 1944	0.2 °C20 January 1944	20.9 °C	4 mm	146	0
1943	40.8 °C1 October 1943	0.1 °C7 March 1943	20.4 °C	9 mm	142	0
1942	43.3 °C6 May 1942	-1.5 °C3 January 1942	21.0 °C	13 mm	166	7
1941	43.7 °C10 May 1941	-1.9 °C29 December 1941	21.5 °C	0 mm	163	4
1940	42.2 °C26 June 1940	-0.7 °C25 December 1940	20.6 °C	15 mm	158	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.7 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

183 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

5 mm

-2 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.3 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Feb	18.5 °C	-1.5 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Mar	26.1 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	29.5 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
May	32.9 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jun	34.6 °C	-0.7 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	37.3 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	36.2 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	32.9 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Oct	29.7 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Nov	25.5 °C	+1.6 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Dec	20.3 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.1 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest day

4.7 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

2.6 mm

3 Nov 2025

Windiest day

36.2 km/h

18 May 2025

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

17 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.4 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.8 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

20 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Bawīţī?

Al Bawīţī has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 7 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Bawīţī?

The hottest day measured in Al Bawīţī between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1977, reaching 46.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Bawīţī?

The coldest day measured in Al Bawīţī between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1953, at -2.1 °C.

Does it snow in Al Bawīţī?

Almost never: Al Bawīţī sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Al Bawīţī warmed?

Yes: Al Bawīţī warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Bawīţī?

The wettest day measured in Al Bawīţī between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1966, with 23 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Bawīţī?

The windiest day measured in Al Bawīţī between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with winds reaching 58.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Bawīţī?

The warmest month in Al Bawīţī is July (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Bawīţī?

Al Bawīţī receives on average 7 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 2 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Bawīţī?

Al Bawīţī gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Al Bawīţī?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Al Bawīţī between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1967, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Al Bawīţī?

Yes: Al Bawīţī has on average 111 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Bawīţī?

In Al Bawīţī, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.2 °C on 11 August 2015, and the lowest was -7.4 °C on 3 January 1942.

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