Al Maţarīyah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Maţarīyah?

Al Maţarīyah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 75 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Al Maţarīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1970, reaching 40.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Maţarīyah?

The coldest day measured in Al Maţarīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, at 5.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Maţarīyah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Al Maţarīyah warmed?

Yes: Al Maţarīyah warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Maţarīyah?

The wettest day measured in Al Maţarīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1961, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Maţarīyah?

The windiest day measured in Al Maţarīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 59.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Maţarīyah?

The warmest month in Al Maţarīyah is August (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Maţarīyah?

Al Maţarīyah receives on average 75 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 20 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Maţarīyah?

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

Al Maţarīyah (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 75 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 (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Al Maţarīyah averages 0 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 20 rainy days per year.

Al Maţarīyah has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 21 May 1970) and the coldest 5.0 °C (on 5 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 MaţarīyahDakahlia Governorate

coords: 31.18°, 32.03°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

23.6°C

Average daily low

18.5°C

Annual rainfall

75mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

22.1km/h

Seasonal range

12.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

20 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.1 °C

Average feels-like low

18.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

162 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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

40.7 °C

21 May 1970

Coldest day

5.0 °C

5 February 1950

Wettest day

34 mm

27 October 1961

Windiest day

59.4 km/h

26 March 1967

Strongest gust

90.4 km/h

3 February 1992

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

7 August 2015

Coldest feels-like

-2.4 °C

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.9 h

10 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.7 °C26 July 2025	9.6 °C25 February 2025	21.8 °C	31 mm	62
2024	33.7 °C20 May 2024	8.5 °C1 February 2024	22.2 °C	28 mm	88
2023	35.6 °C2 June 2023	10.0 °C9 February 2023	22.1 °C	52 mm	50
2022	32.4 °C20 August 2022	8.8 °C21 January 2022	21.2 °C	72 mm	41
2021	35.1 °C19 April 2021	8.9 °C17 February 2021	21.9 °C	66 mm	59
2020	33.0 °C11 September 2020	10.0 °C26 January 2020	21.7 °C	91 mm	53
2019	35.6 °C23 May 2019	9.7 °C9 January 2019	21.6 °C	105 mm	56
2018	34.2 °C22 May 2018	10.4 °C26 January 2018	22.2 °C	58 mm	61
2017	32.9 °C1 July 2017	8.6 °C10 January 2017	21.6 °C	27 mm	60
2016	34.6 °C26 April 2016	8.2 °C26 January 2016	21.9 °C	40 mm	56
2015	37.2 °C27 May 2015	8.1 °C20 February 2015	21.5 °C	109 mm	58
2014	36.3 °C4 June 2014	11.0 °C6 February 2014	21.5 °C	53 mm	37
2013	35.1 °C8 June 2013	7.2 °C13 December 2013	21.4 °C	61 mm	37
2012	33.1 °C15 July 2012	8.0 °C8 February 2012	21.3 °C	64 mm	66
2011	33.7 °C17 April 2011	10.0 °C10 March 2011	21.1 °C	67 mm	49
2010	33.2 °C26 July 2010	9.6 °C7 February 2010	22.1 °C	28 mm	54
2009	32.2 °C27 July 2009	10.1 °C1 March 2009	21.4 °C	57 mm	43
2008	32.6 °C21 March 2008	8.8 °C19 February 2008	21.4 °C	55 mm	44
2007	33.8 °C29 May 2007	9.3 °C6 February 2007	21.1 °C	52 mm	42
2006	33.6 °C29 September 2006	9.5 °C14 January 2006	20.8 °C	57 mm	28
2005	32.2 °C16 September 2005	9.4 °C13 February 2005	20.8 °C	30 mm	30
2004	34.5 °C6 May 2004	8.4 °C15 February 2004	20.8 °C	70 mm	17
2003	35.5 °C29 May 2003	7.3 °C25 March 2003	21.0 °C	44 mm	30
2002	36.7 °C17 September 2002	8.0 °C7 January 2002	21.4 °C	84 mm	45
2001	34.0 °C22 April 2001	10.2 °C22 February 2001	21.4 °C	39 mm	49
2000	33.2 °C12 April 2000	7.3 °C28 January 2000	20.8 °C	97 mm	32
1999	33.1 °C23 August 1999	10.8 °C29 January 1999	21.5 °C	27 mm	36
1998	34.5 °C5 July 1998	9.8 °C18 March 1998	21.3 °C	79 mm	54
1997	33.5 °C13 July 1997	8.5 °C6 February 1997	20.5 °C	117 mm	21
1996	34.8 °C20 September 1996	8.5 °C20 January 1996	20.6 °C	85 mm	17
1995	32.3 °C1 July 1995	8.8 °C16 January 1995	20.5 °C	31 mm	16
1994	34.8 °C22 April 1994	10.4 °C15 January 1994	20.8 °C	94 mm	28
1993	34.8 °C17 April 1993	7.5 °C3 February 1993	20.3 °C	75 mm	12
1992	30.6 °C11 April 1992	6.6 °C24 February 1992	19.6 °C	122 mm	7
1991	33.9 °C29 April 1991	8.7 °C30 December 1991	20.2 °C	118 mm	3
1990	31.1 °C17 June 1990	9.7 °C9 February 1990	20.4 °C	54 mm	4
1989	31.5 °C1 October 1989	8.4 °C10 January 1989	20.2 °C	63 mm	7
1988	33.1 °C29 June 1988	9.2 °C24 February 1988	20.5 °C	74 mm	41
1987	32.6 °C27 May 1987	7.8 °C9 March 1987	20.0 °C	35 mm	21
1986	31.1 °C26 July 1986	9.6 °C27 December 1986	20.5 °C	73 mm	12
1985	31.7 °C23 May 1985	9.4 °C5 January 1985	20.4 °C	80 mm	11
1984	31.4 °C18 July 1984	10.7 °C14 January 1984	20.2 °C	35 mm	4
1983	33.1 °C3 May 1983	7.9 °C21 February 1983	19.8 °C	78 mm	10
1982	33.3 °C16 May 1982	8.0 °C6 February 1982	20.1 °C	71 mm	8
1981	30.8 °C2 July 1981	8.8 °C30 January 1981	20.3 °C	16 mm	9
1980	37.0 °C20 May 1980	8.4 °C2 March 1980	20.3 °C	55 mm	11
1979	34.4 °C2 April 1979	10.0 °C18 January 1979	20.8 °C	54 mm	13
1978	36.7 °C22 June 1978	7.8 °C6 January 1978	20.5 °C	53 mm	24
1977	32.9 °C5 June 1977	9.1 °C4 March 1977	20.6 °C	72 mm	36
1976	34.5 °C18 September 1976	8.4 °C21 January 1976	20.4 °C	29 mm	9
1975	33.2 °C14 May 1975	8.9 °C12 February 1975	20.4 °C	76 mm	14
1974	32.6 °C20 July 1974	8.8 °C17 January 1974	20.6 °C	141 mm	20
1973	32.6 °C21 July 1973	6.7 °C15 January 1973	20.6 °C	55 mm	19
1972	32.2 °C19 June 1972	8.9 °C15 March 1972	20.6 °C	135 mm	17
1971	31.7 °C10 August 1971	9.2 °C23 December 1971	20.6 °C	163 mm	24
1970	40.7 °C21 May 1970	9.4 °C16 December 1970	20.7 °C	71 mm	27
1969	33.6 °C16 June 1969	8.5 °C6 January 1969	20.8 °C	94 mm	8
1968	33.1 °C14 August 1968	7.5 °C15 January 1968	20.8 °C	78 mm	22
1967	38.1 °C21 June 1967	9.1 °C26 January 1967	20.3 °C	128 mm	32
1966	33.5 °C18 June 1966	9.2 °C8 January 1966	21.1 °C	83 mm	23
1965	34.4 °C23 April 1965	9.5 °C3 February 1965	20.5 °C	128 mm	28
1964	32.0 °C27 May 1964	9.2 °C19 January 1964	20.3 °C	115 mm	23
1963	34.9 °C18 June 1963	8.9 °C28 January 1963	21.0 °C	68 mm	44
1962	32.5 °C15 July 1962	9.5 °C22 February 1962	21.1 °C	44 mm	45
1961	35.3 °C7 June 1961	9.7 °C21 January 1961	20.4 °C	161 mm	38
1960	34.8 °C1 June 1960	9.8 °C6 February 1960	21.2 °C	57 mm	30
1959	32.9 °C10 June 1959	7.1 °C16 February 1959	20.2 °C	52 mm	24
1958	32.8 °C31 March 1958	8.5 °C28 January 1958	20.9 °C	46 mm	29
1957	32.4 °C14 August 1957	8.2 °C3 February 1957	20.6 °C	113 mm	22
1956	32.6 °C18 July 1956	9.0 °C10 February 1956	20.7 °C	57 mm	41
1955	34.3 °C30 July 1955	10.8 °C8 January 1955	21.2 °C	100 mm	26
1954	34.5 °C20 May 1954	8.3 °C4 January 1954	20.5 °C	104 mm	40
1953	35.9 °C24 May 1953	7.0 °C14 January 1953	20.3 °C	104 mm	57
1952	33.1 °C24 August 1952	8.6 °C10 January 1952	20.8 °C	51 mm	38
1951	32.4 °C18 August 1951	9.2 °C23 December 1951	20.8 °C	120 mm	46
1950	32.2 °C4 August 1950	5.0 °C5 February 1950	20.6 °C	116 mm	43
1949	33.6 °C18 May 1949	6.9 °C29 January 1949	19.8 °C	101 mm	17
1948	31.9 °C9 August 1948	8.6 °C16 March 1948	20.1 °C	111 mm	22
1947	33.5 °C4 September 1947	9.6 °C2 February 1947	21.1 °C	76 mm	45
1946	35.2 °C25 May 1946	7.9 °C15 January 1946	21.1 °C	69 mm	66
1945	33.6 °C12 August 1945	7.7 °C5 January 1945	20.3 °C	65 mm	53
1944	33.5 °C14 June 1944	8.3 °C10 February 1944	20.5 °C	82 mm	23
1943	33.1 °C24 July 1943	6.3 °C6 March 1943	20.4 °C	115 mm	42
1942	32.1 °C15 July 1942	6.2 °C5 January 1942	20.6 °C	60 mm	41
1941	34.0 °C6 August 1941	7.7 °C30 December 1941	20.8 °C	95 mm	54
1940	34.7 °C18 May 1940	8.0 °C20 December 1940	20.6 °C	63 mm	29

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

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

62 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

31 mm

-44 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.5 °C	+1.0 °C	2 mm	-15 mm
Feb	16.6 °C	-1.1 °C	5 mm	-7 mm
Mar	20.3 °C	+1.0 °C	2 mm	-7 mm
Apr	21.9 °C	+0.2 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
May	25.7 °C	+1.3 °C	6 mm	+5 mm
Jun	28.3 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Jul	30.9 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Aug	30.6 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	29.0 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	26.3 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Nov	24.4 °C	+1.8 °C	9 mm	-3 mm
Dec	20.1 °C	+1.0 °C	6 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.7 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest day

9.6 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

5.6 mm

14 Nov 2025

Windiest day

43.0 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

59.4 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.6 °C

6 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

10 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Maţarīyah?

Al Maţarīyah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 75 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Maţarīyah?

The hottest day measured in Al Maţarīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1970, reaching 40.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Maţarīyah?

The coldest day measured in Al Maţarīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, at 5.0 °C.

Does it snow in Al Maţarīyah?

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

Has the climate of Al Maţarīyah warmed?

Yes: Al Maţarīyah warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Maţarīyah?

The wettest day measured in Al Maţarīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1961, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Maţarīyah?

The windiest day measured in Al Maţarīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 59.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Maţarīyah?

The warmest month in Al Maţarīyah is August (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Maţarīyah?

Al Maţarīyah receives on average 75 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 20 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Maţarīyah?

Al Maţarīyah 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 Maţarīyah?

Yes: Al Maţarīyah has on average 162 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Maţarīyah?

In Al Maţarīyah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 7 August 2015, and the lowest was -2.4 °C on 6 February 1950.

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