Al Ḩammām climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Ḩammām?

Al Ḩammām has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 46 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Al Ḩammām between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1961, reaching 45.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Ḩammām?

The coldest day measured in Al Ḩammām between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1942, at -0.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Ḩammām?

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

Q: Has the climate of Al Ḩammām warmed?

Yes: Al Ḩammām warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Ḩammām?

The wettest day measured in Al Ḩammām between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Ḩammām?

The windiest day measured in Al Ḩammām between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 60.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Ḩammām?

The warmest month in Al Ḩammām is August (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Ḩammām?

Al Ḩammām receives on average 46 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 13 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Ḩammām?

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

Al Ḩammām (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 46 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Al Ḩammām averages 0 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 13 rainy days per year.

Al Ḩammām has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.1 °C (on 30 May 1961) and the coldest -0.1 °C (on 7 January 1942).

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 ḨammāmMatruh Governorate

coords: 30.85°, 29.39°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.0°C

Average daily high

25.2°C

Average daily low

15.8°C

Annual rainfall

46mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

22.2km/h

Seasonal range

13.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

13 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.6 °C

Average feels-like low

15.3 °C

Average peak gust

37.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

106 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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

45.1 °C

30 May 1961

Coldest day

-0.1 °C

7 January 1942

Wettest day

36 mm

12 March 2020

Windiest day

60.4 km/h

3 February 1992

Strongest gust

104.0 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.2 °C

29 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-4.2 °C

5 January 1945

Sunniest day

13.9 h

26 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.9 °C11 May 2025	6.8 °C25 February 2025	21.1 °C	28 mm	92	0
2024	39.7 °C20 May 2024	6.7 °C1 February 2024	21.5 °C	32 mm	127	0
2023	40.6 °C7 September 2023	7.4 °C10 February 2023	21.4 °C	53 mm	101	0
2022	40.4 °C11 June 2022	5.6 °C25 January 2022	20.5 °C	58 mm	95	0
2021	41.6 °C8 May 2021	7.2 °C20 December 2021	21.2 °C	63 mm	115	0
2020	40.8 °C20 May 2020	6.6 °C3 January 2020	20.6 °C	109 mm	105	0
2019	43.2 °C23 May 2019	3.9 °C10 January 2019	20.8 °C	40 mm	117	0
2018	41.2 °C22 May 2018	7.2 °C20 January 2018	21.5 °C	53 mm	128	0
2017	39.9 °C8 June 2017	3.7 °C6 January 2017	20.8 °C	22 mm	113	0
2016	42.5 °C14 May 2016	5.8 °C22 January 2016	21.4 °C	27 mm	129	0
2015	43.1 °C27 May 2015	5.9 °C12 February 2015	20.8 °C	76 mm	96	0
2014	41.7 °C30 May 2014	6.9 °C15 March 2014	21.0 °C	25 mm	97	0
2013	41.6 °C2 June 2013	6.1 °C11 January 2013	20.7 °C	41 mm	91	0
2012	39.1 °C22 May 2012	5.2 °C8 February 2012	20.6 °C	39 mm	114	0
2011	37.8 °C17 April 2011	8.0 °C10 March 2011	20.4 °C	48 mm	102	0
2010	43.5 °C21 June 2010	6.8 °C7 February 2010	21.6 °C	13 mm	123	0
2009	38.3 °C24 June 2009	6.2 °C5 January 2009	20.9 °C	24 mm	105	0
2008	40.1 °C23 April 2008	4.8 °C19 January 2008	20.9 °C	41 mm	120	0
2007	39.1 °C19 May 2007	6.3 °C25 January 2007	20.6 °C	31 mm	91	0
2006	39.2 °C11 July 2006	6.0 °C28 January 2006	20.4 °C	21 mm	91	0
2005	35.3 °C21 April 2005	6.1 °C29 December 2005	20.3 °C	22 mm	81	0
2004	38.6 °C6 May 2004	5.7 °C14 February 2004	20.3 °C	33 mm	87	0
2003	37.8 °C4 April 2003	6.2 °C28 February 2003	20.4 °C	38 mm	100	0
2002	44.0 °C29 July 2002	5.3 °C7 January 2002	20.6 °C	46 mm	101	0
2001	39.5 °C26 May 2001	6.0 °C22 December 2001	20.6 °C	25 mm	92	0
2000	40.2 °C12 April 2000	6.5 °C9 February 2000	20.0 °C	42 mm	79	0
1999	36.4 °C23 August 1999	6.4 °C30 December 1999	20.6 °C	16 mm	94	0
1998	41.8 °C15 April 1998	7.0 °C18 March 1998	20.6 °C	24 mm	112	0
1997	38.7 °C22 April 1997	5.2 °C7 February 1997	19.9 °C	32 mm	89	0
1996	40.8 °C5 September 1996	4.8 °C25 January 1996	19.9 °C	60 mm	78	0
1995	43.6 °C1 July 1995	4.3 °C29 December 1995	19.8 °C	21 mm	86	0
1994	41.7 °C19 April 1994	6.6 °C22 December 1994	20.1 °C	86 mm	98	0
1993	40.4 °C17 April 1993	4.2 °C14 January 1993	19.9 °C	28 mm	88	0
1992	41.3 °C20 June 1992	3.9 °C24 February 1992	19.1 °C	57 mm	58	0
1991	37.3 °C5 June 1991	6.0 °C28 January 1991	19.6 °C	76 mm	60	0
1990	36.3 °C24 August 1990	6.3 °C16 December 1990	19.8 °C	25 mm	47	0
1989	38.7 °C28 May 1989	4.0 °C24 January 1989	19.7 °C	32 mm	89	0
1988	41.4 °C20 June 1988	6.2 °C22 January 1988	19.9 °C	65 mm	102	0
1987	38.6 °C6 May 1987	5.0 °C12 January 1987	19.3 °C	32 mm	62	0
1986	39.7 °C7 June 1986	6.9 °C31 January 1986	19.8 °C	52 mm	77	0
1985	40.2 °C2 June 1985	5.6 °C1 January 1985	20.0 °C	79 mm	71	0
1984	39.9 °C12 May 1984	6.5 °C24 January 1984	19.6 °C	33 mm	59	0
1983	40.3 °C10 July 1983	5.8 °C8 February 1983	19.2 °C	47 mm	54	0
1982	37.0 °C12 June 1982	6.4 °C17 January 1982	19.4 °C	47 mm	70	0
1981	42.2 °C23 April 1981	5.1 °C30 January 1981	19.7 °C	19 mm	67	0
1980	39.4 °C20 May 1980	5.5 °C7 January 1980	19.5 °C	30 mm	64	0
1979	43.2 °C2 April 1979	4.6 °C6 January 1979	20.1 °C	17 mm	67	0
1978	43.2 °C22 June 1978	4.1 °C6 January 1978	19.6 °C	47 mm	65	0
1977	41.2 °C28 May 1977	4.7 °C10 January 1977	19.8 °C	51 mm	89	0
1976	35.6 °C15 April 1976	4.2 °C26 January 1976	19.5 °C	23 mm	60	0
1975	35.9 °C26 May 1975	6.3 °C3 January 1975	19.7 °C	45 mm	61	0
1974	39.9 °C20 May 1974	4.5 °C25 January 1974	19.8 °C	75 mm	89	0
1973	40.7 °C10 June 1973	3.6 °C4 January 1973	19.5 °C	28 mm	51	0
1972	37.6 °C29 September 1972	4.7 °C29 January 1972	20.0 °C	72 mm	90	0
1971	36.5 °C23 May 1971	6.5 °C15 January 1971	19.8 °C	73 mm	74	0
1970	42.1 °C12 April 1970	3.4 °C21 December 1970	19.9 °C	38 mm	81	0
1969	40.4 °C15 June 1969	4.1 °C6 January 1969	19.9 °C	53 mm	73	0
1968	39.4 °C14 August 1968	5.1 °C11 January 1968	19.9 °C	54 mm	85	0
1967	40.3 °C12 June 1967	5.3 °C22 January 1967	19.4 °C	82 mm	71	0
1966	42.4 °C2 June 1966	3.2 °C9 December 1966	20.2 °C	70 mm	85	0
1965	39.9 °C27 May 1965	6.4 °C5 January 1965	19.6 °C	54 mm	76	0
1964	40.0 °C29 May 1964	4.5 °C7 January 1964	19.3 °C	46 mm	56	0
1963	40.3 °C30 May 1963	3.3 °C29 January 1963	20.0 °C	40 mm	89	0
1962	42.1 °C11 June 1962	6.0 °C22 February 1962	20.0 °C	27 mm	91	0
1961	45.1 °C30 May 1961	4.2 °C23 January 1961	19.6 °C	53 mm	81	0
1960	40.9 °C6 May 1960	3.9 °C10 January 1960	20.4 °C	41 mm	113	0
1959	41.3 °C10 June 1959	5.6 °C16 February 1959	19.3 °C	40 mm	87	0
1958	39.8 °C31 March 1958	5.6 °C29 January 1958	20.1 °C	23 mm	84	0
1957	40.5 °C15 April 1957	4.5 °C16 January 1957	19.6 °C	52 mm	81	0
1956	38.0 °C24 July 1956	2.9 °C11 February 1956	19.7 °C	38 mm	97	0
1955	39.5 °C3 September 1955	4.7 °C1 January 1955	20.2 °C	29 mm	86	0
1954	38.0 °C19 May 1954	3.3 °C16 January 1954	19.4 °C	48 mm	82	0
1953	39.8 °C14 May 1953	2.3 °C14 January 1953	19.2 °C	68 mm	97	0
1952	39.0 °C21 May 1952	3.4 °C14 January 1952	19.7 °C	46 mm	104	0
1951	39.2 °C31 May 1951	4.2 °C29 January 1951	19.8 °C	75 mm	102	0
1950	37.0 °C20 April 1950	1.2 °C8 February 1950	19.4 °C	40 mm	93	0
1949	39.3 °C9 May 1949	3.0 °C8 January 1949	18.8 °C	78 mm	52	0
1948	40.7 °C14 June 1948	5.1 °C11 January 1948	19.0 °C	73 mm	82	0
1947	39.3 °C16 May 1947	3.6 °C1 January 1947	20.0 °C	33 mm	101	0
1946	37.7 °C6 May 1946	2.5 °C31 December 1946	20.0 °C	39 mm	124	0
1945	37.2 °C16 August 1945	1.4 °C3 January 1945	19.1 °C	44 mm	107	0
1944	42.2 °C13 June 1944	2.2 °C12 February 1944	19.4 °C	62 mm	94	0
1943	37.0 °C1 October 1943	3.7 °C26 January 1943	19.3 °C	68 mm	82	0
1942	39.3 °C6 May 1942	-0.1 °C7 January 1942	19.6 °C	39 mm	102	1
1941	43.6 °C10 May 1941	3.3 °C2 January 1941	19.8 °C	69 mm	116	0
1940	38.8 °C13 April 1940	2.0 °C20 December 1940	19.5 °C	38 mm	88	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.7 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

92 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

29 mm

-18 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.7 °C	+1.9 °C	8 mm	-1 mm
Feb	17.5 °C	-1.4 °C	2 mm	-5 mm
Mar	23.7 °C	+2.3 °C	4 mm	-2 mm
Apr	24.0 °C	-1.0 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
May	28.4 °C	+0.6 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Jun	28.8 °C	-1.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	31.7 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	32.2 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Nov	24.7 °C	+1.4 °C	5 mm	-3 mm
Dec	20.3 °C	+1.1 °C	5 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.9 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest day

6.8 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

2.7 mm

21 Jan 2025

Windiest day

41.1 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

64.1 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.8 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.4 °C

26 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

26 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Ḩammām?

Al Ḩammām has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 46 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Ḩammām?

The hottest day measured in Al Ḩammām between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1961, reaching 45.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Ḩammām?

The coldest day measured in Al Ḩammām between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1942, at -0.1 °C.

Does it snow in Al Ḩammām?

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

Has the climate of Al Ḩammām warmed?

Yes: Al Ḩammām warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Ḩammām?

The wettest day measured in Al Ḩammām between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Ḩammām?

The windiest day measured in Al Ḩammām between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 60.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Ḩammām?

The warmest month in Al Ḩammām is August (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Ḩammām?

Al Ḩammām receives on average 46 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 13 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Ḩammām?

Al Ḩammām 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 Ḩammām?

Yes: Al Ḩammām has on average 106 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Ḩammām?

In Al Ḩammām, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.2 °C on 29 July 2002, and the lowest was -4.2 °C on 5 January 1945.

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