Bilqās climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bilqās?

Bilqās has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 66 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bilqās?

The hottest day measured in Bilqās between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1944, reaching 46.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bilqās?

The coldest day measured in Bilqās between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at 1.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bilqās?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bilqās warmed?

Yes: Bilqās warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bilqās?

The wettest day measured in Bilqās between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1961, with 32 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bilqās?

The windiest day measured in Bilqās between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 49.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bilqās?

The warmest month in Bilqās is August (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bilqās?

Bilqās receives on average 66 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 18 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bilqās?

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

Bilqās (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 66 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 (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Bilqās averages 0 frost days, 155 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 18 rainy days per year.

Bilqās has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.9 °C (on 14 June 1944) and the coldest 1.1 °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

BilqāsDakahlia Governorate

coords: 31.21°, 31.36°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.1°C

Average daily high

27.4°C

Average daily low

16.3°C

Annual rainfall

66mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

17.8km/h

Seasonal range

14.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

155 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

18 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.1 °C

Average feels-like low

16.5 °C

Average peak gust

37.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

117 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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

46.9 °C

14 June 1944

Coldest day

1.1 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

32 mm

27 October 1961

Windiest day

49.0 km/h

26 March 1967

Strongest gust

96.1 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

29 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-3.0 °C

5 February 1950

Sunniest day

14.0 h

20 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.3 °C11 May 2025	6.2 °C26 February 2025	22.3 °C	33 mm	157
2024	41.3 °C7 June 2024	5.7 °C1 February 2024	22.9 °C	52 mm	168
2023	40.6 °C6 August 2023	6.7 °C9 February 2023	22.9 °C	56 mm	174
2022	41.2 °C11 June 2022	5.1 °C18 January 2022	22.0 °C	77 mm	153
2021	40.2 °C8 May 2021	7.9 °C24 January 2021	22.6 °C	69 mm	170
2020	42.1 °C19 May 2020	6.6 °C26 January 2020	22.2 °C	103 mm	166
2019	44.4 °C23 May 2019	5.7 °C10 January 2019	22.0 °C	93 mm	175
2018	42.7 °C22 May 2018	8.0 °C28 January 2018	23.0 °C	52 mm	179
2017	41.7 °C1 July 2017	5.2 °C11 January 2017	22.4 °C	23 mm	156
2016	43.4 °C14 May 2016	6.4 °C26 January 2016	22.6 °C	24 mm	172
2015	44.6 °C27 May 2015	6.4 °C15 January 2015	22.1 °C	124 mm	164
2014	43.0 °C4 June 2014	7.0 °C15 March 2014	21.9 °C	39 mm	145
2013	41.3 °C8 June 2013	5.4 °C13 December 2013	21.7 °C	63 mm	154
2012	38.2 °C22 May 2012	6.3 °C8 February 2012	21.8 °C	64 mm	177
2011	39.3 °C10 October 2011	7.2 °C12 March 2011	21.4 °C	92 mm	149
2010	40.2 °C20 June 2010	6.0 °C7 February 2010	22.7 °C	28 mm	166
2009	40.2 °C18 October 2009	6.9 °C5 January 2009	22.1 °C	47 mm	167
2008	40.0 °C23 April 2008	5.0 °C19 January 2008	22.0 °C	59 mm	156
2007	39.5 °C29 May 2007	8.1 °C22 January 2007	21.5 °C	48 mm	152
2006	39.7 °C29 September 2006	6.3 °C14 January 2006	21.1 °C	54 mm	140
2005	38.1 °C26 September 2005	5.5 °C10 February 2005	21.2 °C	29 mm	143
2004	37.4 °C6 May 2004	6.6 °C20 February 2004	21.2 °C	52 mm	151
2003	38.3 °C11 September 2003	6.0 °C11 February 2003	21.3 °C	47 mm	165
2002	41.8 °C17 September 2002	6.3 °C14 January 2002	21.7 °C	75 mm	146
2001	39.3 °C26 May 2001	6.0 °C23 December 2001	21.7 °C	30 mm	162
2000	40.8 °C12 April 2000	4.7 °C31 January 2000	21.1 °C	66 mm	151
1999	39.9 °C22 June 1999	6.9 °C30 December 1999	22.3 °C	21 mm	175
1998	42.4 °C15 April 1998	7.3 °C25 March 1998	22.1 °C	70 mm	166
1997	39.4 °C13 July 1997	6.1 °C6 February 1997	21.1 °C	64 mm	156
1996	41.9 °C20 September 1996	4.3 °C25 January 1996	21.1 °C	84 mm	152
1995	41.1 °C1 July 1995	7.0 °C14 January 1995	20.7 °C	29 mm	138
1994	40.5 °C20 April 1994	6.6 °C4 February 1994	21.1 °C	102 mm	162
1993	39.9 °C17 April 1993	3.5 °C13 January 1993	20.7 °C	61 mm	155
1992	37.9 °C11 April 1992	5.1 °C24 February 1992	19.7 °C	82 mm	121
1991	38.4 °C8 May 1991	6.0 °C28 January 1991	20.2 °C	107 mm	131
1990	36.9 °C27 April 1990	6.3 °C15 December 1990	20.6 °C	56 mm	133
1989	37.8 °C1 October 1989	5.9 °C23 January 1989	20.4 °C	62 mm	152
1988	41.1 °C15 May 1988	6.3 °C25 February 1988	20.6 °C	71 mm	140
1987	39.2 °C27 May 1987	5.2 °C9 March 1987	20.1 °C	41 mm	128
1986	39.9 °C7 June 1986	6.3 °C24 December 1986	20.7 °C	56 mm	133
1985	39.3 °C29 April 1985	6.0 °C1 January 1985	20.9 °C	71 mm	144
1984	39.4 °C25 May 1984	6.9 °C25 January 1984	20.5 °C	31 mm	152
1983	40.0 °C10 July 1983	5.2 °C21 February 1983	20.0 °C	77 mm	137
1982	37.7 °C16 May 1982	6.4 °C29 January 1982	20.2 °C	54 mm	144
1981	39.5 °C23 April 1981	6.3 °C9 January 1981	20.5 °C	20 mm	149
1980	41.8 °C20 May 1980	6.7 °C4 March 1980	20.6 °C	42 mm	148
1979	44.2 °C2 April 1979	6.1 °C18 January 1979	21.1 °C	41 mm	143
1978	44.2 °C27 May 1978	4.3 °C6 January 1978	21.0 °C	56 mm	159
1977	42.1 °C5 June 1977	5.1 °C19 December 1977	21.1 °C	55 mm	155
1976	40.6 °C15 April 1976	3.7 °C2 March 1976	20.8 °C	37 mm	162
1975	39.1 °C11 June 1975	5.5 °C12 February 1975	20.9 °C	71 mm	158
1974	41.6 °C20 May 1974	6.5 °C26 January 1974	21.1 °C	121 mm	176
1973	41.8 °C10 June 1973	4.6 °C4 January 1973	21.1 °C	45 mm	168
1972	40.8 °C19 June 1972	6.7 °C5 February 1972	21.0 °C	112 mm	154
1971	39.1 °C7 May 1971	6.0 °C15 February 1971	20.9 °C	119 mm	151
1970	46.9 °C21 May 1970	4.1 °C17 December 1970	21.0 °C	85 mm	153
1969	43.1 °C16 June 1969	5.8 °C6 January 1969	21.1 °C	94 mm	152
1968	41.7 °C14 August 1968	5.6 °C8 January 1968	21.0 °C	75 mm	152
1967	42.2 °C21 June 1967	5.4 °C24 January 1967	20.3 °C	103 mm	137
1966	40.2 °C2 June 1966	4.5 °C9 December 1966	21.3 °C	84 mm	166
1965	42.1 °C13 June 1965	6.5 °C13 January 1965	20.7 °C	89 mm	147
1964	42.1 °C29 May 1964	5.7 °C6 January 1964	20.3 °C	90 mm	137
1963	41.7 °C18 June 1963	4.1 °C29 January 1963	21.1 °C	52 mm	145
1962	42.1 °C11 June 1962	7.0 °C23 February 1962	21.2 °C	34 mm	159
1961	43.5 °C30 May 1961	5.1 °C22 January 1961	20.4 °C	136 mm	138
1960	40.7 °C6 May 1960	6.2 °C6 February 1960	21.5 °C	46 mm	163
1959	43.2 °C10 June 1959	4.8 °C16 February 1959	20.4 °C	36 mm	139
1958	40.0 °C31 March 1958	7.2 °C28 January 1958	21.2 °C	32 mm	154
1957	42.5 °C15 April 1957	4.0 °C16 January 1957	20.8 °C	108 mm	164
1956	41.8 °C24 July 1956	5.7 °C21 December 1956	20.9 °C	45 mm	148
1955	41.4 °C30 July 1955	5.7 °C1 January 1955	21.5 °C	48 mm	165
1954	39.5 °C31 July 1954	4.9 °C1 February 1954	20.8 °C	86 mm	154
1953	43.5 °C16 June 1953	2.4 °C14 January 1953	20.4 °C	89 mm	154
1952	39.8 °C24 August 1952	5.4 °C22 January 1952	21.1 °C	49 mm	164
1951	39.5 °C17 May 1951	4.8 °C18 January 1951	21.1 °C	98 mm	167
1950	40.8 °C20 April 1950	1.1 °C9 February 1950	20.7 °C	68 mm	166
1949	42.4 °C3 June 1949	4.9 °C3 January 1949	20.0 °C	103 mm	150
1948	41.9 °C14 June 1948	5.5 °C11 March 1948	20.2 °C	97 mm	146
1947	40.6 °C4 September 1947	5.9 °C2 February 1947	21.4 °C	52 mm	163
1946	42.0 °C2 June 1946	5.5 °C10 February 1946	21.4 °C	49 mm	169
1945	42.1 °C1 August 1945	2.3 °C4 January 1945	20.5 °C	56 mm	163
1944	46.9 °C14 June 1944	4.8 °C20 February 1944	20.7 °C	70 mm	165
1943	41.0 °C2 October 1943	5.1 °C6 March 1943	20.6 °C	115 mm	144
1942	43.0 °C1 May 1942	1.5 °C5 January 1942	20.9 °C	57 mm	172
1941	45.9 °C10 May 1941	5.0 °C30 December 1941	21.2 °C	75 mm	167
1940	40.8 °C10 June 1940	4.3 °C20 December 1940	20.8 °C	62 mm	167

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

157 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

33 mm

-33 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.6 °C	+2.3 °C	3 mm	-11 mm
Feb	18.9 °C	-1.4 °C	2 mm	-9 mm
Mar	24.7 °C	+1.8 °C	4 mm	-6 mm
Apr	26.1 °C	-0.8 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
May	30.9 °C	+0.5 °C	8 mm	+6 mm
Jun	33.2 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	35.0 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Aug	34.8 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	32.7 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	29.9 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	+2.2 °C	3 mm	-6 mm
Dec	21.9 °C	+0.9 °C	8 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.3 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest day

6.2 °C

26 Feb 2025

Wettest day

5.5 mm

3 May 2025

Windiest day

31.9 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.1 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.2 °C

26 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

20 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bilqās?

Bilqās has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 66 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bilqās?

The hottest day measured in Bilqās between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1944, reaching 46.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bilqās?

The coldest day measured in Bilqās between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at 1.1 °C.

Does it snow in Bilqās?

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

Has the climate of Bilqās warmed?

Yes: Bilqās warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bilqās?

The wettest day measured in Bilqās between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1961, with 32 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bilqās?

The windiest day measured in Bilqās between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 49.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bilqās?

The warmest month in Bilqās is August (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Bilqās?

Bilqās receives on average 66 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 18 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bilqās?

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

Are there tropical nights in Bilqās?

Yes: Bilqās has on average 117 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bilqās?

In Bilqās, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 29 July 2002, and the lowest was -3.0 °C on 5 February 1950.

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