An Nūbārīyah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of An Nūbārīyah?

An Nūbārīyah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 43 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in An Nūbārīyah?

The hottest day measured in An Nūbārīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1961, reaching 45.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in An Nūbārīyah?

The coldest day measured in An Nūbārīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -0.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in An Nūbārīyah?

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

Q: Has the climate of An Nūbārīyah warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in An Nūbārīyah?

The wettest day measured in An Nūbārīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1985, with 33 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in An Nūbārīyah?

The windiest day measured in An Nūbārīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 48.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in An Nūbārīyah?

The warmest month in An Nūbārīyah is August (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in An Nūbārīyah?

An Nūbārīyah receives on average 43 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 11 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in An Nūbārīyah?

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

An Nūbārīyah (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 43 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 (12.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

An Nūbārīyah averages 0 frost days, 143 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 11 rainy days per year.

An Nūbārīyah 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 45.7 °C (on 30 May 1961) and the coldest -0.2 °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

An NūbārīyahBeheira

coords: 30.67°, 30.07°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.3°C

Average daily high

26.9°C

Average daily low

15.2°C

Annual rainfall

43mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

17.3km/h

Seasonal range

13.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

143 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

11 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.7 °C

Average feels-like low

15.1 °C

Average peak gust

36.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

87 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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

45.7 °C

30 May 1961

Coldest day

-0.2 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

33 mm

17 December 1985

Windiest day

48.6 km/h

3 February 1992

Strongest gust

100.1 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

29 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-3.8 °C

9 February 1950

Sunniest day

14.0 h

10 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.3 °C11 May 2025	5.3 °C26 February 2025	21.2 °C	22 mm	143	0
2024	40.4 °C20 May 2024	5.8 °C1 February 2024	21.6 °C	33 mm	149	0
2023	41.0 °C6 August 2023	6.1 °C9 February 2023	21.8 °C	46 mm	152	0
2022	41.3 °C11 June 2022	4.2 °C22 January 2022	20.9 °C	48 mm	141	0
2021	41.0 °C8 May 2021	6.8 °C22 January 2021	21.6 °C	66 mm	155	0
2020	42.6 °C20 May 2020	6.1 °C26 January 2020	21.2 °C	79 mm	148	0
2019	43.6 °C23 May 2019	2.9 °C10 January 2019	21.2 °C	41 mm	165	0
2018	42.4 °C22 May 2018	7.3 °C20 January 2018	22.0 °C	49 mm	169	0
2017	40.3 °C8 June 2017	3.7 °C6 January 2017	21.2 °C	19 mm	146	0
2016	43.4 °C14 May 2016	5.0 °C22 January 2016	21.8 °C	23 mm	160	0
2015	44.3 °C27 May 2015	6.2 °C16 February 2015	21.2 °C	81 mm	146	0
2014	42.1 °C4 June 2014	5.8 °C15 March 2014	21.3 °C	27 mm	143	0
2013	41.9 °C2 June 2013	5.5 °C10 January 2013	20.9 °C	35 mm	144	0
2012	38.9 °C22 May 2012	5.0 °C4 February 2012	20.9 °C	33 mm	163	0
2011	38.0 °C17 April 2011	7.1 °C7 December 2011	20.5 °C	53 mm	135	0
2010	41.7 °C21 June 2010	6.0 °C7 February 2010	21.8 °C	12 mm	158	0
2009	39.6 °C24 June 2009	5.6 °C5 January 2009	21.1 °C	21 mm	153	0
2008	39.7 °C23 April 2008	4.4 °C15 January 2008	21.1 °C	35 mm	149	0
2007	38.1 °C19 May 2007	5.0 °C25 January 2007	20.7 °C	23 mm	131	0
2006	39.3 °C11 July 2006	4.5 °C11 February 2006	20.3 °C	16 mm	131	0
2005	35.4 °C3 September 2005	4.6 °C27 December 2005	20.3 °C	26 mm	132	0
2004	38.5 °C6 May 2004	5.3 °C17 February 2004	20.3 °C	30 mm	129	0
2003	38.6 °C4 April 2003	5.0 °C28 February 2003	20.5 °C	32 mm	146	0
2002	43.1 °C29 July 2002	5.6 °C7 January 2002	20.7 °C	48 mm	127	0
2001	40.0 °C27 May 2001	4.7 °C30 January 2001	20.7 °C	17 mm	132	0
2000	39.9 °C12 April 2000	5.1 °C29 February 2000	20.0 °C	43 mm	124	0
1999	38.3 °C22 June 1999	4.6 °C30 December 1999	21.0 °C	13 mm	155	0
1998	42.0 °C15 April 1998	5.9 °C22 March 1998	21.0 °C	31 mm	150	0
1997	40.3 °C8 June 1997	4.3 °C7 February 1997	20.2 °C	38 mm	139	0
1996	40.8 °C5 September 1996	2.9 °C25 January 1996	20.2 °C	48 mm	140	0
1995	43.5 °C1 July 1995	4.3 °C29 December 1995	19.9 °C	20 mm	138	0
1994	40.1 °C19 April 1994	5.1 °C23 December 1994	20.4 °C	81 mm	151	0
1993	40.3 °C17 April 1993	2.5 °C13 January 1993	19.9 °C	24 mm	139	0
1992	40.7 °C20 June 1992	3.1 °C29 December 1992	19.1 °C	62 mm	111	0
1991	38.3 °C8 May 1991	4.4 °C28 January 1991	19.7 °C	68 mm	128	0
1990	36.6 °C31 May 1990	4.7 °C16 December 1990	19.9 °C	36 mm	127	0
1989	38.5 °C28 May 1989	4.2 °C23 January 1989	19.8 °C	28 mm	146	0
1988	42.7 °C15 May 1988	5.2 °C13 December 1988	20.0 °C	54 mm	134	0
1987	37.8 °C6 May 1987	3.6 °C13 January 1987	19.4 °C	28 mm	115	0
1986	40.4 °C7 June 1986	6.4 °C31 January 1986	20.0 °C	50 mm	122	0
1985	40.0 °C29 April 1985	5.2 °C4 March 1985	20.2 °C	81 mm	132	0
1984	39.9 °C12 May 1984	5.7 °C17 February 1984	19.9 °C	30 mm	133	0
1983	40.3 °C10 July 1983	4.8 °C9 February 1983	19.4 °C	43 mm	115	0
1982	37.8 °C12 June 1982	5.4 °C17 January 1982	19.5 °C	36 mm	123	0
1981	41.2 °C23 April 1981	5.4 °C14 January 1981	19.9 °C	19 mm	134	0
1980	40.9 °C20 May 1980	5.1 °C7 January 1980	19.7 °C	32 mm	128	0
1979	43.5 °C2 April 1979	3.9 °C17 January 1979	20.2 °C	16 mm	114	0
1978	43.5 °C22 June 1978	3.8 °C6 January 1978	20.0 °C	36 mm	133	0
1977	43.2 °C5 June 1977	4.1 °C10 January 1977	20.1 °C	38 mm	135	0
1976	37.7 °C15 April 1976	3.2 °C26 January 1976	19.9 °C	24 mm	135	0
1975	38.4 °C26 May 1975	5.3 °C13 February 1975	20.1 °C	46 mm	143	0
1974	40.2 °C20 May 1974	4.1 °C25 January 1974	20.1 °C	69 mm	153	0
1973	41.6 °C10 June 1973	2.8 °C4 January 1973	19.9 °C	25 mm	139	0
1972	38.7 °C7 June 1972	5.0 °C29 January 1972	20.4 °C	81 mm	152	0
1971	38.3 °C19 June 1971	5.6 °C19 January 1971	20.2 °C	77 mm	136	0
1970	43.2 °C21 May 1970	3.8 °C21 December 1970	20.1 °C	31 mm	133	0
1969	40.6 °C15 June 1969	4.7 °C6 January 1969	20.3 °C	58 mm	139	0
1968	40.6 °C14 August 1968	4.0 °C29 January 1968	20.1 °C	58 mm	132	0
1967	41.6 °C12 June 1967	3.9 °C22 January 1967	19.6 °C	104 mm	126	0
1966	42.1 °C2 June 1966	1.8 °C9 December 1966	20.5 °C	75 mm	147	0
1965	41.2 °C13 June 1965	5.7 °C5 January 1965	20.0 °C	66 mm	138	0
1964	42.1 °C29 May 1964	3.1 °C7 January 1964	19.7 °C	44 mm	137	0
1963	39.5 °C18 June 1963	2.0 °C29 January 1963	19.9 °C	37 mm	135	0
1962	42.2 °C11 June 1962	4.9 °C18 January 1962	20.1 °C	21 mm	139	0
1961	45.7 °C30 May 1961	3.5 °C24 January 1961	19.8 °C	57 mm	126	0
1960	41.6 °C6 May 1960	3.5 °C10 January 1960	20.9 °C	30 mm	168	0
1959	43.0 °C10 June 1959	4.4 °C16 February 1959	19.7 °C	30 mm	139	0
1958	39.9 °C31 March 1958	6.1 °C28 January 1958	20.5 °C	19 mm	148	0
1957	41.1 °C15 April 1957	4.1 °C16 January 1957	20.1 °C	48 mm	154	0
1956	42.5 °C24 July 1956	3.3 °C11 February 1956	20.3 °C	38 mm	140	0
1955	40.6 °C3 September 1955	4.5 °C1 January 1955	20.8 °C	31 mm	162	0
1954	39.9 °C27 May 1954	3.0 °C1 February 1954	19.9 °C	42 mm	152	0
1953	40.6 °C16 June 1953	2.3 °C14 January 1953	19.8 °C	59 mm	152	0
1952	40.9 °C21 May 1952	3.1 °C14 January 1952	20.3 °C	50 mm	155	0
1951	40.7 °C9 September 1951	3.5 °C30 December 1951	20.4 °C	59 mm	162	0
1950	38.6 °C20 April 1950	-0.2 °C9 February 1950	19.9 °C	46 mm	154	1
1949	40.3 °C16 May 1949	2.6 °C8 January 1949	19.3 °C	73 mm	143	0
1948	42.2 °C14 June 1948	4.7 °C19 December 1948	19.5 °C	63 mm	141	0
1947	40.4 °C16 May 1947	4.5 °C1 January 1947	20.6 °C	35 mm	163	0
1946	38.4 °C1 June 1946	2.2 °C31 December 1946	20.6 °C	43 mm	168	0
1945	40.6 °C16 August 1945	0.8 °C4 January 1945	19.7 °C	45 mm	146	0
1944	43.8 °C13 June 1944	2.5 °C20 February 1944	20.0 °C	60 mm	161	0
1943	42.3 °C1 October 1943	3.8 °C8 January 1943	19.9 °C	64 mm	138	0
1942	44.9 °C6 May 1942	-0.1 °C7 January 1942	20.2 °C	33 mm	165	1
1941	45.6 °C10 May 1941	3.3 °C1 January 1941	20.4 °C	51 mm	160	0
1940	39.4 °C26 June 1940	1.6 °C24 December 1940	20.0 °C	37 mm	167	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.1 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

143 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

22 mm

-21 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.9 °C	+2.2 °C	6 mm	-3 mm
Feb	18.4 °C	-1.6 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Mar	24.9 °C	+2.2 °C	3 mm	-3 mm
Apr	25.7 °C	-1.1 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
May	29.9 °C	-0.1 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Jun	31.2 °C	-1.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	33.7 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	33.6 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	31.1 °C	-0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	28.8 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Nov	25.8 °C	+1.2 °C	2 mm	-4 mm
Dec	20.9 °C	+0.7 °C	3 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.3 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest day

5.3 °C

26 Feb 2025

Wettest day

2.9 mm

6 Mar 2025

Windiest day

31.3 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

59.8 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.2 °C

26 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

10 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of An Nūbārīyah?

An Nūbārīyah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 43 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in An Nūbārīyah?

The hottest day measured in An Nūbārīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1961, reaching 45.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in An Nūbārīyah?

The coldest day measured in An Nūbārīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -0.2 °C.

Does it snow in An Nūbārīyah?

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

Has the climate of An Nūbārīyah warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in An Nūbārīyah?

The wettest day measured in An Nūbārīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1985, with 33 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in An Nūbārīyah?

The windiest day measured in An Nūbārīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 48.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in An Nūbārīyah?

The warmest month in An Nūbārīyah is August (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.9 °C).

How much does it rain in An Nūbārīyah?

An Nūbārīyah receives on average 43 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 11 rainy days.

Is it sunny in An Nūbārīyah?

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

Are there tropical nights in An Nūbārīyah?

Yes: An Nūbārīyah has on average 87 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in An Nūbārīyah?

In An Nūbārīyah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 29 July 2002, and the lowest was -3.8 °C on 9 February 1950.

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