Al Burj climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Burj?

Al Burj has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 152 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Al Burj between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1961, reaching 37.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Burj?

The coldest day measured in Al Burj between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 4.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Burj?

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

Q: Has the climate of Al Burj warmed?

Yes: Al Burj warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Burj?

The wettest day measured in Al Burj between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 2001, with 32 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Burj?

The windiest day measured in Al Burj between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 63.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Burj?

The warmest month in Al Burj is August (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Burj?

Al Burj receives on average 152 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 31 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Burj?

Al Burj gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Al Burj (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 152 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Al Burj averages 0 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 31 rainy days per year.

Al Burj 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 37.6 °C (on 30 May 1961) and the coldest 4.9 °C (on 6 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

Al BurjKafr el-Sheikh Governorate

coords: 31.58°, 30.98°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.7°C

Average daily high

23.3°C

Average daily low

18.6°C

Annual rainfall

152mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

22.8km/h

Seasonal range

12.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

18 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

31 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

23.3 °C

Average feels-like low

18.1 °C

Average peak gust

36.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

158 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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

37.6 °C

30 May 1961

Coldest day

4.9 °C

6 February 1950

Wettest day

32 mm

4 December 2001

Windiest day

63.6 km/h

26 March 1967

Strongest gust

95.0 km/h

26 March 1967

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

29 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-3.6 °C

5 February 1950

Sunniest day

14.0 h

12 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.5 °C26 May 2025	10.3 °C24 February 2025	21.9 °C	52 mm	46
2024	34.3 °C11 September 2024	9.2 °C1 February 2024	22.4 °C	121 mm	89
2023	33.9 °C6 August 2023	10.5 °C9 February 2023	22.1 °C	111 mm	54
2022	32.0 °C11 June 2022	9.1 °C25 January 2022	21.2 °C	135 mm	20
2021	33.5 °C5 August 2021	10.0 °C17 February 2021	21.8 °C	149 mm	51
2020	32.7 °C21 June 2020	10.9 °C3 January 2020	21.5 °C	220 mm	31
2019	36.8 °C23 May 2019	9.5 °C7 February 2019	21.4 °C	212 mm	20
2018	35.3 °C22 May 2018	10.9 °C26 January 2018	22.2 °C	140 mm	35
2017	33.0 °C2 July 2017	8.9 °C10 January 2017	21.5 °C	45 mm	54
2016	35.3 °C14 May 2016	8.6 °C27 January 2016	21.8 °C	96 mm	42
2015	35.7 °C27 May 2015	8.8 °C7 January 2015	21.4 °C	205 mm	55
2014	35.1 °C4 June 2014	11.6 °C6 February 2014	21.4 °C	66 mm	20
2013	34.2 °C8 June 2013	7.2 °C13 December 2013	21.2 °C	157 mm	17
2012	32.2 °C8 August 2012	8.7 °C8 February 2012	21.3 °C	167 mm	43
2011	31.4 °C9 October 2011	10.5 °C10 March 2011	20.9 °C	148 mm	15
2010	32.2 °C21 June 2010	9.7 °C7 February 2010	21.9 °C	75 mm	38
2009	32.0 °C18 October 2009	10.9 °C23 February 2009	21.3 °C	125 mm	26
2008	33.6 °C25 September 2008	8.7 °C18 February 2008	21.3 °C	96 mm	24
2007	31.7 °C25 August 2007	10.6 °C6 February 2007	21.0 °C	136 mm	25
2006	32.8 °C29 September 2006	9.8 °C14 January 2006	20.7 °C	115 mm	12
2005	31.5 °C26 September 2005	9.6 °C18 January 2005	20.7 °C	98 mm	9
2004	30.6 °C14 July 2004	8.2 °C14 February 2004	20.7 °C	150 mm	4
2003	32.0 °C11 September 2003	8.2 °C25 March 2003	20.9 °C	139 mm	10
2002	34.8 °C17 September 2002	8.5 °C7 January 2002	21.2 °C	175 mm	26
2001	31.4 °C31 March 2001	10.6 °C22 February 2001	21.2 °C	129 mm	14
2000	32.3 °C12 April 2000	8.8 °C27 January 2000	20.7 °C	178 mm	8
1999	32.6 °C23 August 1999	11.4 °C20 February 1999	21.5 °C	41 mm	29
1998	32.3 °C7 September 1998	9.3 °C18 March 1998	21.2 °C	116 mm	37
1997	33.1 °C13 July 1997	9.7 °C11 April 1997	20.5 °C	131 mm	9
1996	34.8 °C20 September 1996	8.9 °C20 January 1996	20.5 °C	168 mm	9
1995	32.4 °C1 July 1995	9.3 °C16 January 1995	20.4 °C	109 mm	8
1994	32.8 °C20 April 1994	10.8 °C19 December 1994	20.7 °C	217 mm	8
1993	32.4 °C17 April 1993	8.2 °C2 February 1993	20.3 °C	85 mm	7
1992	31.8 °C11 April 1992	7.2 °C24 February 1992	19.6 °C	207 mm	2
1991	30.5 °C8 May 1991	9.6 °C30 December 1991	20.1 °C	293 mm	1
1990	29.7 °C12 September 1990	9.9 °C9 February 1990	20.4 °C	86 mm	0
1989	31.9 °C1 October 1989	8.5 °C10 January 1989	20.2 °C	129 mm	2
1988	31.4 °C29 June 1988	10.0 °C25 February 1988	20.4 °C	133 mm	19
1987	30.5 °C24 July 1987	8.4 °C9 March 1987	19.9 °C	131 mm	8
1986	31.9 °C24 September 1986	10.4 °C27 December 1986	20.4 °C	126 mm	7
1985	30.4 °C2 August 1985	9.7 °C26 February 1985	20.4 °C	158 mm	6
1984	29.9 °C25 May 1984	11.3 °C25 January 1984	20.2 °C	101 mm	0
1983	32.7 °C10 July 1983	8.2 °C20 February 1983	19.8 °C	162 mm	7
1982	30.6 °C5 September 1982	9.6 °C6 February 1982	20.1 °C	131 mm	3
1981	30.3 °C29 June 1981	8.8 °C10 January 1981	20.2 °C	101 mm	6
1980	33.9 °C20 May 1980	8.8 °C2 March 1980	20.2 °C	98 mm	4
1979	34.2 °C2 April 1979	10.4 °C18 January 1979	20.7 °C	93 mm	1
1978	34.7 °C22 June 1978	8.5 °C6 January 1978	20.3 °C	124 mm	14
1977	32.4 °C31 May 1977	9.6 °C4 March 1977	20.5 °C	154 mm	21
1976	30.4 °C12 October 1976	8.9 °C21 January 1976	20.2 °C	104 mm	3
1975	30.9 °C22 March 1975	9.3 °C12 February 1975	20.3 °C	156 mm	6
1974	32.2 °C26 September 1974	9.1 °C23 January 1974	20.5 °C	274 mm	14
1973	32.2 °C20 July 1973	7.7 °C15 January 1973	20.4 °C	112 mm	15
1972	31.8 °C29 September 1972	9.5 °C14 March 1972	20.5 °C	209 mm	18
1971	31.5 °C6 October 1971	10.1 °C10 January 1971	20.5 °C	240 mm	10
1970	35.0 °C21 May 1970	9.8 °C12 December 1970	20.5 °C	169 mm	11
1969	32.9 °C16 June 1969	9.4 °C29 January 1969	20.6 °C	219 mm	5
1968	34.4 °C14 August 1968	7.7 °C15 January 1968	20.6 °C	182 mm	16
1967	33.4 °C21 June 1967	9.5 °C21 January 1967	20.1 °C	175 mm	9
1966	31.5 °C29 August 1966	9.9 °C14 January 1966	20.9 °C	171 mm	7
1965	33.9 °C23 April 1965	10.3 °C13 January 1965	20.4 °C	189 mm	12
1964	31.5 °C12 June 1964	9.3 °C18 January 1964	20.1 °C	252 mm	6
1963	32.1 °C18 June 1963	9.7 °C27 January 1963	20.9 °C	105 mm	19
1962	32.4 °C9 August 1962	9.8 °C22 February 1962	21.0 °C	102 mm	28
1961	37.6 °C30 May 1961	9.3 °C1 March 1961	20.3 °C	259 mm	14
1960	32.4 °C1 June 1960	10.0 °C6 February 1960	21.1 °C	106 mm	18
1959	35.2 °C10 June 1959	8.2 °C16 February 1959	20.1 °C	95 mm	5
1958	33.0 °C31 March 1958	9.1 °C29 January 1958	20.7 °C	124 mm	13
1957	31.2 °C15 April 1957	9.2 °C3 February 1957	20.4 °C	227 mm	9
1956	32.3 °C24 July 1956	9.0 °C20 December 1956	20.5 °C	108 mm	18
1955	32.4 °C4 September 1955	10.2 °C1 January 1955	21.0 °C	200 mm	9
1954	31.3 °C31 July 1954	9.1 °C5 January 1954	20.3 °C	224 mm	16
1953	32.0 °C16 June 1953	7.4 °C14 January 1953	20.1 °C	217 mm	17
1952	31.7 °C24 August 1952	9.7 °C10 January 1952	20.6 °C	137 mm	17
1951	31.7 °C12 August 1951	10.1 °C21 December 1951	20.7 °C	232 mm	24
1950	31.9 °C3 April 1950	4.9 °C6 February 1950	20.4 °C	151 mm	12
1949	30.9 °C3 June 1949	8.3 °C29 January 1949	19.6 °C	268 mm	2
1948	31.4 °C14 June 1948	9.3 °C3 January 1948	20.0 °C	243 mm	4
1947	33.4 °C4 September 1947	10.1 °C16 January 1947	21.0 °C	119 mm	29
1946	32.0 °C9 September 1946	9.3 °C16 February 1946	21.0 °C	136 mm	64
1945	33.0 °C16 August 1945	8.5 °C5 January 1945	20.2 °C	146 mm	41
1944	34.4 °C14 June 1944	8.8 °C23 January 1944	20.3 °C	190 mm	9
1943	32.6 °C2 October 1943	6.5 °C6 March 1943	20.2 °C	198 mm	30
1942	31.2 °C30 September 1942	6.2 °C5 January 1942	20.4 °C	136 mm	16
1941	34.3 °C11 June 1941	9.1 °C30 December 1941	20.6 °C	187 mm	35
1940	32.9 °C12 May 1940	8.5 °C20 December 1940	20.4 °C	163 mm	9

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.4 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

46 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

52 mm

-100 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.2 °C	+1.9 °C	7 mm	-34 mm
Feb	16.8 °C	-0.7 °C	5 mm	-19 mm
Mar	20.7 °C	+1.7 °C	5 mm	-10 mm
Apr	21.8 °C	+0.3 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
May	25.5 °C	+1.2 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Jun	27.8 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	30.2 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	30.7 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	28.7 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	26.3 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-7 mm
Nov	24.6 °C	+2.0 °C	9 mm	-12 mm
Dec	20.1 °C	+1.1 °C	20 mm	-17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.5 °C

26 May 2025

Coldest day

10.3 °C

24 Feb 2025

Wettest day

7.8 mm

10 Dec 2025

Windiest day

48.6 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

68.8 km/h

5 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.4 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.5 °C

6 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Burj?

Al Burj has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 152 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Burj?

The hottest day measured in Al Burj between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1961, reaching 37.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Burj?

The coldest day measured in Al Burj between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 4.9 °C.

Does it snow in Al Burj?

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

Has the climate of Al Burj warmed?

Yes: Al Burj warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Burj?

The wettest day measured in Al Burj between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 2001, with 32 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Burj?

The windiest day measured in Al Burj between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 63.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Burj?

The warmest month in Al Burj is August (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Burj?

Al Burj receives on average 152 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 31 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Burj?

Al Burj gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Al Burj?

Yes: Al Burj has on average 158 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Burj?

In Al Burj, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 29 July 2002, and the lowest was -3.6 °C on 5 February 1950.

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