Al Khārjah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Khārjah?

Al Khārjah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 6 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Al Khārjah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 2010, reaching 47.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Khārjah?

The coldest day measured in Al Khārjah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -3.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Khārjah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Al Khārjah warmed?

Yes: Al Khārjah warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Khārjah?

The wettest day measured in Al Khārjah between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1966, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Khārjah?

The windiest day measured in Al Khārjah between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2016, with winds reaching 47.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Khārjah?

The warmest month in Al Khārjah is July (31.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Khārjah?

Al Khārjah receives on average 6 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 1 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Khārjah?

Al Khārjah gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Al Khārjah (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 6 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 (31.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Al Khārjah averages 0 frost days, 205 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 1 rainy days per year.

Al Khārjah has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.6 °C (on 20 June 2010) and the coldest -3.2 °C (on 3 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 KhārjahNew Valley Governorate

coords: 25.45°, 30.55°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

23.6°C

Average daily high

30.6°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

6mm

Sunshine / day

11.5h

Mean relative humidity

34%

Average peak wind

20.2km/h

Seasonal range

18.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

205 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

1 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.4 °C

Average feels-like low

13.8 °C

Average peak gust

34.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

153 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.7 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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

47.6 °C

20 June 2010

Coldest day

-3.2 °C

3 January 1942

Wettest day

53 mm

5 November 1966

Windiest day

47.0 km/h

26 March 2016

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

27 March 2016

Hottest feels-like

47.9 °C

1 July 1995

Coldest feels-like

-7.1 °C

3 January 1942

Sunniest day

13.5 h

17 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	45.8 °C17 May 2025	5.0 °C19 December 2025	25.0 °C	0 mm	222	0
2024	45.4 °C15 June 2024	2.8 °C31 January 2024	25.3 °C	0 mm	215	0
2023	45.3 °C13 June 2023	4.0 °C8 February 2023	25.2 °C	0 mm	231	0
2022	43.8 °C13 May 2022	1.1 °C26 January 2022	24.2 °C	0 mm	204	0
2021	44.8 °C12 June 2021	2.3 °C21 December 2021	25.0 °C	0 mm	221	0
2020	44.0 °C22 June 2020	2.9 °C5 January 2020	24.6 °C	2 mm	202	0
2019	45.7 °C17 July 2019	2.4 °C7 January 2019	24.9 °C	2 mm	210	0
2018	45.8 °C23 May 2018	3.4 °C3 January 2018	25.4 °C	0 mm	229	0
2017	44.4 °C18 May 2017	1.7 °C10 January 2017	24.5 °C	0 mm	199	0
2016	47.0 °C5 June 2016	1.3 °C3 January 2016	25.2 °C	0 mm	234	0
2015	46.5 °C28 May 2015	2.2 °C11 January 2015	24.9 °C	2 mm	205	0
2014	45.4 °C12 July 2014	3.9 °C12 January 2014	25.2 °C	19 mm	222	0
2013	46.9 °C31 May 2013	2.8 °C11 January 2013	24.7 °C	0 mm	219	0
2012	43.6 °C19 July 2012	1.1 °C16 January 2012	24.7 °C	0 mm	228	0
2011	43.3 °C26 July 2011	4.5 °C26 December 2011	24.1 °C	0 mm	198	0
2010	47.6 °C20 June 2010	3.3 °C7 February 2010	26.3 °C	4 mm	243	0
2009	44.2 °C13 July 2009	2.1 °C5 January 2009	24.5 °C	1 mm	212	0
2008	44.7 °C9 June 2008	-0.2 °C16 January 2008	24.8 °C	5 mm	208	1
2007	44.6 °C9 May 2007	3.4 °C7 February 2007	24.4 °C	0 mm	216	0
2006	44.8 °C5 June 2006	2.8 °C15 January 2006	24.3 °C	0 mm	212	0
2005	43.4 °C12 June 2005	1.2 °C27 December 2005	24.5 °C	0 mm	215	0
2004	46.9 °C9 May 2004	2.2 °C15 February 2004	24.4 °C	1 mm	226	0
2003	46.0 °C29 May 2003	1.7 °C6 February 2003	24.4 °C	0 mm	210	0
2002	45.7 °C31 July 2002	1.4 °C5 January 2002	24.7 °C	1 mm	217	0
2001	45.2 °C28 May 2001	3.1 °C22 February 2001	24.3 °C	0 mm	209	0
2000	44.3 °C31 July 2000	1.7 °C28 December 2000	23.6 °C	1 mm	203	0
1999	43.4 °C18 July 1999	3.5 °C8 February 1999	24.5 °C	2 mm	218	0
1998	44.3 °C13 June 1998	1.4 °C25 January 1998	24.4 °C	0 mm	210	0
1997	44.4 °C15 August 1997	2.9 °C21 December 1997	23.7 °C	0 mm	194	0
1996	44.5 °C12 May 1996	0.6 °C19 January 1996	24.3 °C	0 mm	201	0
1995	46.8 °C29 June 1995	1.9 °C14 January 1995	24.1 °C	0 mm	204	0
1994	44.0 °C22 April 1994	1.4 °C9 February 1994	24.0 °C	0 mm	207	0
1993	44.7 °C6 June 1993	1.3 °C11 February 1993	24.2 °C	0 mm	224	0
1992	46.1 °C20 June 1992	-0.9 °C5 February 1992	23.2 °C	0 mm	204	1
1991	47.5 °C15 May 1991	-0.1 °C29 December 1991	23.8 °C	10 mm	219	1
1990	43.1 °C15 June 1990	2.7 °C19 January 1990	23.6 °C	4 mm	220	0
1989	45.4 °C7 June 1989	1.2 °C23 January 1989	23.6 °C	0 mm	200	0
1988	46.1 °C21 June 1988	1.2 °C19 January 1988	24.0 °C	2 mm	202	0
1987	44.4 °C31 May 1987	1.1 °C8 January 1987	23.5 °C	0 mm	180	0
1986	43.7 °C10 June 1986	1.8 °C28 December 1986	23.2 °C	0 mm	188	0
1985	42.8 °C23 May 1985	2.4 °C5 January 1985	23.7 °C	4 mm	198	0
1984	44.8 °C26 May 1984	1.2 °C14 January 1984	23.3 °C	0 mm	202	0
1983	44.0 °C12 July 1983	1.3 °C2 January 1983	22.5 °C	0 mm	185	0
1982	41.8 °C13 August 1982	0.7 °C30 December 1982	22.8 °C	0 mm	201	0
1981	42.8 °C17 May 1981	0.0 °C12 January 1981	22.7 °C	0 mm	203	0
1980	43.9 °C20 May 1980	1.0 °C7 January 1980	23.1 °C	2 mm	207	0
1979	45.5 °C24 June 1979	1.5 °C10 January 1979	23.8 °C	1 mm	213	0
1978	46.2 °C30 May 1978	-1.9 °C6 January 1978	23.0 °C	0 mm	202	2
1977	45.9 °C5 June 1977	0.8 °C27 December 1977	22.6 °C	0 mm	184	0
1976	43.8 °C27 June 1976	0.9 °C11 February 1976	23.0 °C	2 mm	203	0
1975	42.3 °C11 June 1975	1.0 °C10 January 1975	22.6 °C	2 mm	204	0
1974	43.4 °C21 April 1974	1.5 °C19 January 1974	22.9 °C	0 mm	219	0
1973	43.5 °C26 July 1973	-0.4 °C17 January 1973	23.0 °C	0 mm	207	1
1972	43.2 °C7 May 1972	0.8 °C8 February 1972	23.3 °C	0 mm	196	0
1971	43.5 °C20 June 1971	0.6 °C29 December 1971	23.1 °C	1 mm	194	0
1970	46.1 °C21 May 1970	2.0 °C23 January 1970	22.9 °C	0 mm	191	0
1969	46.1 °C16 June 1969	1.3 °C25 January 1969	23.7 °C	4 mm	210	0
1968	43.6 °C15 August 1968	2.1 °C16 January 1968	23.1 °C	0 mm	194	0
1967	44.0 °C13 June 1967	2.1 °C26 January 1967	22.5 °C	95 mm	190	0
1966	43.8 °C19 June 1966	1.3 °C11 January 1966	23.6 °C	278 mm	204	0
1965	46.3 °C10 June 1965	2.4 °C18 December 1965	23.1 °C	4 mm	189	0
1964	43.9 °C30 May 1964	0.4 °C1 January 1964	22.9 °C	18 mm	217	0
1963	45.2 °C6 June 1963	1.4 °C29 January 1963	24.1 °C	4 mm	208	0
1962	44.5 °C7 June 1962	2.4 °C14 December 1962	23.7 °C	0 mm	234	0
1961	47.5 °C9 June 1961	1.1 °C23 December 1961	22.4 °C	0 mm	181	0
1960	43.2 °C25 April 1960	3.1 °C4 February 1960	23.9 °C	0 mm	220	0
1959	45.3 °C10 June 1959	1.9 °C1 February 1959	22.7 °C	0 mm	205	0
1958	45.4 °C18 April 1958	1.7 °C11 January 1958	23.6 °C	0 mm	220	0
1957	42.4 °C31 May 1957	3.1 °C3 January 1957	23.6 °C	1 mm	208	0
1956	44.6 °C25 July 1956	1.6 °C1 February 1956	23.0 °C	0 mm	185	0
1955	42.8 °C4 June 1955	1.8 °C6 January 1955	23.2 °C	0 mm	212	0
1954	45.7 °C28 May 1954	-1.9 °C12 January 1954	22.5 °C	0 mm	186	3
1953	44.7 °C16 June 1953	-1.5 °C16 January 1953	22.6 °C	0 mm	199	4
1952	43.5 °C17 May 1952	0.3 °C10 February 1952	23.1 °C	1 mm	203	0
1951	44.9 °C17 May 1951	1.2 °C17 January 1951	23.0 °C	2 mm	200	0
1950	42.2 °C12 August 1950	-1.5 °C7 February 1950	22.6 °C	0 mm	193	5
1949	44.3 °C9 May 1949	0.2 °C28 January 1949	22.0 °C	3 mm	184	0
1948	44.2 °C18 June 1948	1.6 °C1 January 1948	21.8 °C	1 mm	181	0
1947	42.4 °C16 July 1947	0.6 °C8 January 1947	23.2 °C	1 mm	196	0
1946	41.1 °C6 May 1946	-2.1 °C16 January 1946	22.7 °C	2 mm	197	1
1945	43.8 °C3 August 1945	0.4 °C23 January 1945	21.8 °C	21 mm	172	0
1944	45.2 °C13 June 1944	0.9 °C10 February 1944	22.6 °C	2 mm	193	0
1943	41.6 °C25 July 1943	0.3 °C30 January 1943	22.5 °C	13 mm	185	0
1942	43.5 °C6 May 1942	-3.2 °C3 January 1942	23.0 °C	4 mm	193	5
1941	43.9 °C11 May 1941	-0.1 °C31 December 1941	23.0 °C	0 mm	195	1
1940	43.2 °C23 May 1940	-1.6 °C31 December 1940	22.5 °C	1 mm	199	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.6 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

222 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

0 mm

-6 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	vs. normal
Jan	23.1 °C	+3.1 °C	-1 mm
Feb	21.2 °C	-1.2 °C	-0 mm
Mar	28.4 °C	+1.7 °C	-0 mm
Apr	33.0 °C	+0.9 °C	-0 mm
May	36.1 °C	0.0 °C	-0 mm
Jun	37.6 °C	-0.5 °C	0 mm
Jul	40.4 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm
Aug	39.2 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm
Sep	35.7 °C	+0.1 °C	-0 mm
Oct	32.9 °C	+0.9 °C	-1 mm
Nov	28.5 °C	+2.3 °C	-3 mm
Dec	22.1 °C	+0.8 °C	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

45.8 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

5.0 °C

19 Dec 2025

Wettest day

0.0 mm

1 Jan 2025

Windiest day

36.1 km/h

19 May 2025

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

19 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.4 °C

19 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

20 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Khārjah?

Al Khārjah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 6 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Khārjah?

The hottest day measured in Al Khārjah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 2010, reaching 47.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Khārjah?

The coldest day measured in Al Khārjah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -3.2 °C.

Does it snow in Al Khārjah?

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

Has the climate of Al Khārjah warmed?

Yes: Al Khārjah warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Khārjah?

The wettest day measured in Al Khārjah between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1966, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Khārjah?

The windiest day measured in Al Khārjah between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2016, with winds reaching 47.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Khārjah?

The warmest month in Al Khārjah is July (31.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Khārjah?

Al Khārjah receives on average 6 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 1 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Khārjah?

Al Khārjah gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Al Khārjah?

Yes: Al Khārjah has on average 153 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Khārjah?

In Al Khārjah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.9 °C on 1 July 1995, and the lowest was -7.1 °C on 3 January 1942.

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