Al Qanţarah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Qanţarah?

Al Qanţarah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 38 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Al Qanţarah between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1944, reaching 47.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Qanţarah?

The coldest day measured in Al Qanţarah between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -2.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Qanţarah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Al Qanţarah warmed?

Yes: Al Qanţarah warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Qanţarah?

The wettest day measured in Al Qanţarah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1975, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Qanţarah?

The windiest day measured in Al Qanţarah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 53.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Qanţarah?

The warmest month in Al Qanţarah is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Qanţarah?

Al Qanţarah receives on average 38 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 10 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Qanţarah?

Al Qanţarah gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Al Qanţarah (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 38 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 (28.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Al Qanţarah averages 0 frost days, 164 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 10 rainy days per year.

Al Qanţarah has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.7 °C (on 14 June 1944) and the coldest -2.8 °C (on 9 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 QanţarahIsmailia Governorate

coords: 30.86°, 32.31°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.1°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

15.4°C

Annual rainfall

38mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

19.6km/h

Seasonal range

14.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

164 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

10 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.3 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

35.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

100 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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

47.7 °C

14 June 1944

Coldest day

-2.8 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

41 mm

20 February 1975

Windiest day

53.3 km/h

3 February 1992

Strongest gust

92.2 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest feels-like

-6.4 °C

9 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.9 h

16 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.3 °C17 May 2025	5.0 °C25 February 2025	22.4 °C	18 mm	173	0
2024	41.6 °C7 June 2024	6.6 °C1 February 2024	23.0 °C	20 mm	175	0
2023	42.3 °C2 June 2023	5.0 °C10 February 2023	22.8 °C	32 mm	183	0
2022	41.9 °C11 June 2022	3.4 °C21 January 2022	21.9 °C	43 mm	155	0
2021	41.8 °C5 August 2021	5.2 °C24 January 2021	22.5 °C	37 mm	178	0
2020	43.7 °C19 May 2020	3.9 °C26 January 2020	22.4 °C	77 mm	171	0
2019	45.7 °C23 May 2019	3.2 °C12 January 2019	22.3 °C	74 mm	176	0
2018	43.3 °C22 May 2018	5.9 °C31 January 2018	23.2 °C	38 mm	187	0
2017	41.0 °C3 July 2017	4.1 °C11 January 2017	22.2 °C	16 mm	168	0
2016	43.5 °C15 May 2016	4.8 °C28 January 2016	22.7 °C	14 mm	185	0
2015	46.5 °C27 May 2015	5.3 °C2 February 2015	22.2 °C	43 mm	172	0
2014	44.5 °C4 June 2014	5.4 °C3 January 2014	22.1 °C	25 mm	167	0
2013	43.3 °C2 June 2013	3.4 °C16 December 2013	22.0 °C	29 mm	172	0
2012	39.7 °C15 July 2012	3.5 °C9 February 2012	22.0 °C	25 mm	195	0
2011	38.8 °C17 April 2011	6.1 °C22 January 2011	21.6 °C	42 mm	158	0
2010	42.3 °C20 June 2010	3.1 °C7 February 2010	23.1 °C	19 mm	195	0
2009	40.1 °C18 May 2009	5.9 °C5 January 2009	22.3 °C	14 mm	175	0
2008	42.3 °C23 April 2008	-0.2 °C19 January 2008	22.1 °C	35 mm	168	1
2007	42.3 °C10 June 2007	4.2 °C22 January 2007	21.8 °C	18 mm	180	0
2006	41.2 °C29 September 2006	4.3 °C20 December 2006	21.4 °C	23 mm	158	0
2005	39.1 °C20 June 2005	3.1 °C27 December 2005	21.4 °C	15 mm	162	0
2004	41.1 °C14 July 2004	4.8 °C23 February 2004	21.5 °C	28 mm	173	0
2003	42.9 °C29 May 2003	4.9 °C29 December 2003	21.6 °C	10 mm	177	0
2002	42.3 °C29 July 2002	4.5 °C17 January 2002	21.9 °C	35 mm	164	0
2001	39.9 °C27 May 2001	3.1 °C22 December 2001	21.9 °C	21 mm	167	0
2000	41.1 °C12 April 2000	2.8 °C31 January 2000	21.1 °C	38 mm	157	0
1999	39.4 °C16 July 1999	5.0 °C31 January 1999	21.8 °C	7 mm	166	0
1998	42.3 °C5 July 1998	6.6 °C13 January 1998	21.9 °C	40 mm	166	0
1997	42.6 °C8 June 1997	2.9 °C10 February 1997	20.9 °C	59 mm	162	0
1996	41.3 °C1 May 1996	3.6 °C21 January 1996	21.2 °C	33 mm	159	0
1995	42.2 °C1 July 1995	4.9 °C27 December 1995	20.8 °C	10 mm	147	0
1994	41.7 °C21 April 1994	5.4 °C22 December 1994	21.3 °C	53 mm	168	0
1993	41.0 °C4 June 1993	2.4 °C13 January 1993	20.7 °C	53 mm	158	0
1992	42.1 °C20 June 1992	2.0 °C6 January 1992	20.1 °C	33 mm	148	0
1991	40.1 °C8 May 1991	4.7 °C18 December 1991	20.6 °C	50 mm	155	0
1990	38.7 °C27 April 1990	5.4 °C21 February 1990	20.7 °C	43 mm	144	0
1989	39.7 °C14 June 1989	3.3 °C18 January 1989	20.5 °C	26 mm	163	0
1988	43.5 °C15 May 1988	4.1 °C15 November 1988	20.8 °C	46 mm	160	0
1987	41.9 °C7 May 1987	3.5 °C28 January 1987	20.5 °C	24 mm	143	0
1986	41.1 °C7 June 1986	4.8 °C24 December 1986	20.8 °C	57 mm	143	0
1985	38.9 °C27 May 1985	3.8 °C5 January 1985	20.9 °C	53 mm	152	0
1984	40.0 °C25 May 1984	4.8 °C21 December 1984	20.4 °C	15 mm	162	0
1983	40.1 °C10 July 1983	3.6 °C29 January 1983	20.0 °C	31 mm	144	0
1982	38.6 °C16 May 1982	4.6 °C29 March 1982	20.2 °C	44 mm	150	0
1981	40.2 °C23 April 1981	3.0 °C9 January 1981	20.6 °C	22 mm	157	0
1980	43.1 °C20 May 1980	4.5 °C7 January 1980	20.8 °C	30 mm	156	0
1979	43.6 °C2 April 1979	3.4 °C6 January 1979	21.2 °C	24 mm	170	0
1978	45.1 °C22 June 1978	1.7 °C6 January 1978	20.9 °C	37 mm	174	0
1977	43.2 °C31 May 1977	3.1 °C14 January 1977	21.0 °C	32 mm	157	0
1976	41.6 °C15 April 1976	3.5 °C2 March 1976	20.8 °C	15 mm	169	0
1975	39.3 °C11 June 1975	4.4 °C12 February 1975	20.8 °C	65 mm	163	0
1974	40.1 °C20 May 1974	3.4 °C29 January 1974	21.0 °C	74 mm	177	0
1973	42.0 °C21 July 1973	1.9 °C4 January 1973	20.8 °C	18 mm	173	0
1972	42.6 °C19 June 1972	2.5 °C27 December 1972	20.9 °C	72 mm	162	0
1971	39.2 °C20 June 1971	4.6 °C17 December 1971	20.8 °C	97 mm	154	0
1970	47.6 °C21 May 1970	-0.4 °C21 December 1970	21.0 °C	29 mm	158	1
1969	45.4 °C16 June 1969	3.9 °C10 December 1969	21.2 °C	55 mm	162	0
1968	42.5 °C14 August 1968	2.9 °C8 January 1968	20.9 °C	39 mm	159	0
1967	44.5 °C21 June 1967	2.3 °C24 January 1967	20.1 °C	73 mm	146	0
1966	41.1 °C18 May 1966	3.4 °C13 January 1966	21.2 °C	63 mm	164	0
1965	44.6 °C13 June 1965	5.3 °C5 January 1965	20.6 °C	55 mm	152	0
1964	41.6 °C30 May 1964	3.1 °C7 January 1964	20.1 °C	41 mm	134	0
1963	41.6 °C18 June 1963	2.6 °C28 January 1963	21.1 °C	35 mm	158	0
1962	42.3 °C11 June 1962	5.4 °C18 January 1962	21.1 °C	20 mm	157	0
1961	46.2 °C7 June 1961	3.7 °C23 January 1961	20.3 °C	75 mm	140	0
1960	40.7 °C5 July 1960	4.5 °C6 February 1960	21.3 °C	26 mm	166	0
1959	43.6 °C10 June 1959	3.0 °C7 February 1959	20.1 °C	25 mm	144	0
1958	40.4 °C27 August 1958	4.8 °C8 February 1958	21.0 °C	12 mm	162	0
1957	41.7 °C15 April 1957	2.4 °C15 January 1957	20.7 °C	65 mm	167	0
1956	42.5 °C23 July 1956	0.5 °C17 December 1956	20.7 °C	26 mm	149	0
1955	43.6 °C30 July 1955	2.3 °C8 January 1955	21.2 °C	38 mm	174	0
1954	43.7 °C20 May 1954	1.2 °C16 January 1954	20.7 °C	56 mm	163	0
1953	44.3 °C16 June 1953	-0.8 °C6 January 1953	20.4 °C	34 mm	169	2
1952	42.1 °C21 May 1952	0.9 °C22 January 1952	21.0 °C	20 mm	169	0
1951	39.7 °C9 September 1951	0.9 °C25 December 1951	20.9 °C	65 mm	178	0
1950	39.4 °C4 August 1950	-2.8 °C9 February 1950	20.6 °C	62 mm	167	4
1949	41.0 °C3 June 1949	-0.6 °C20 February 1949	19.7 °C	51 mm	156	2
1948	40.6 °C29 May 1948	2.5 °C31 December 1948	20.1 °C	49 mm	150	0
1947	40.3 °C4 September 1947	2.3 °C19 December 1947	21.2 °C	34 mm	171	0
1946	43.3 °C25 May 1946	2.5 °C29 December 1946	21.1 °C	37 mm	175	0
1945	42.4 °C16 August 1945	-0.9 °C3 January 1945	20.2 °C	50 mm	163	2
1944	47.7 °C14 June 1944	1.5 °C12 February 1944	20.6 °C	38 mm	170	0
1943	42.4 °C24 July 1943	3.3 °C20 January 1943	20.4 °C	72 mm	157	0
1942	45.8 °C6 May 1942	-0.7 °C7 January 1942	20.9 °C	35 mm	175	1
1941	45.3 °C10 May 1941	2.2 °C1 January 1941	21.3 °C	29 mm	180	0
1940	43.5 °C18 May 1940	2.4 °C20 December 1940	20.6 °C	35 mm	171	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.0 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

173 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

18 mm

-20 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.4 °C	+2.1 °C	2 mm	-4 mm
Feb	19.2 °C	-1.4 °C	1 mm	-5 mm
Mar	25.5 °C	+2.0 °C	2 mm	-5 mm
Apr	27.9 °C	+0.2 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
May	32.1 °C	+0.8 °C	6 mm	+4 mm
Jun	34.6 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	37.0 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	36.0 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	33.3 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	30.3 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Nov	27.8 °C	+2.6 °C	2 mm	-3 mm
Dec	22.5 °C	+1.7 °C	3 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.3 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

5.0 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

3.2 mm

3 May 2025

Windiest day

36.1 km/h

13 May 2025

Strongest gust

64.4 km/h

30 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.2 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.2 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

19 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Qanţarah?

Al Qanţarah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 38 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Qanţarah?

The hottest day measured in Al Qanţarah between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1944, reaching 47.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Qanţarah?

The coldest day measured in Al Qanţarah between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -2.8 °C.

Does it snow in Al Qanţarah?

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

Has the climate of Al Qanţarah warmed?

Yes: Al Qanţarah warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Qanţarah?

The wettest day measured in Al Qanţarah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1975, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Qanţarah?

The windiest day measured in Al Qanţarah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 53.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Qanţarah?

The warmest month in Al Qanţarah is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Qanţarah?

Al Qanţarah receives on average 38 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 10 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Qanţarah?

Al Qanţarah gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Al Qanţarah?

Yes: Al Qanţarah has on average 100 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Qanţarah?

In Al Qanţarah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 7 June 1961, and the lowest was -6.4 °C on 9 February 1950.

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