Damanhur climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Damanhur?

Damanhur has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 59 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Damanhur between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1942, reaching 46.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Damanhur?

The coldest day measured in Damanhur between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -0.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Damanhur?

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

Q: Has the climate of Damanhur warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Damanhur?

The wettest day measured in Damanhur between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 2015, with 29 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Damanhur?

The windiest day measured in Damanhur between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 45.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Damanhur?

The warmest month in Damanhur is August (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Damanhur?

Damanhur receives on average 59 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 16 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Damanhur?

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

Damanhur (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 59 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 (27.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Damanhur averages 0 frost days, 158 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 16 rainy days per year.

Damanhur 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 46.4 °C (on 6 May 1942) and the coldest -0.3 °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

DamanhurBeheira

coords: 31.03°, 30.47°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

27.5°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

59mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

17.7km/h

Seasonal range

14.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

158 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

16 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.3 °C

Average feels-like low

15.7 °C

Average peak gust

36.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

100 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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

46.4 °C

6 May 1942

Coldest day

-0.3 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

29 mm

4 November 2015

Windiest day

45.5 km/h

1 February 1988

Strongest gust

95.0 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

29 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-3.7 °C

4 January 1945

Sunniest day

14.0 h

10 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.4 °C11 May 2025	5.4 °C26 February 2025	21.8 °C	30 mm	157	0
2024	40.4 °C20 May 2024	5.2 °C1 February 2024	22.2 °C	46 mm	160	0
2023	40.3 °C6 August 2023	5.9 °C9 February 2023	22.4 °C	61 mm	179	0
2022	41.3 °C11 June 2022	4.3 °C22 January 2022	21.5 °C	57 mm	152	0
2021	41.5 °C8 May 2021	6.5 °C22 January 2021	22.2 °C	79 mm	173	0
2020	43.2 °C19 May 2020	6.4 °C25 January 2020	21.7 °C	90 mm	164	0
2019	43.8 °C23 May 2019	3.2 °C10 January 2019	21.7 °C	75 mm	180	0
2018	42.5 °C22 May 2018	8.0 °C20 January 2018	22.5 °C	55 mm	172	0
2017	40.7 °C8 June 2017	3.6 °C11 January 2017	21.7 °C	25 mm	154	0
2016	43.2 °C3 June 2016	6.3 °C22 January 2016	22.2 °C	35 mm	172	0
2015	43.7 °C27 May 2015	5.9 °C15 January 2015	21.7 °C	112 mm	161	0
2014	41.9 °C4 June 2014	6.5 °C15 March 2014	21.5 °C	35 mm	148	0
2013	40.9 °C8 June 2013	5.5 °C13 December 2013	21.1 °C	51 mm	146	0
2012	38.6 °C22 May 2012	5.4 °C8 February 2012	21.2 °C	56 mm	176	0
2011	37.9 °C17 April 2011	6.9 °C7 December 2011	20.8 °C	60 mm	143	0
2010	40.9 °C21 June 2010	5.7 °C7 February 2010	22.1 °C	23 mm	167	0
2009	39.4 °C24 June 2009	4.9 °C5 January 2009	21.4 °C	42 mm	163	0
2008	39.6 °C23 April 2008	5.5 °C16 January 2008	21.5 °C	54 mm	156	0
2007	38.1 °C19 May 2007	6.4 °C25 January 2007	21.1 °C	33 mm	148	0
2006	38.7 °C11 July 2006	5.4 °C28 January 2006	20.8 °C	41 mm	144	0
2005	36.4 °C20 June 2005	5.7 °C10 February 2005	20.9 °C	30 mm	152	0
2004	37.8 °C6 May 2004	5.6 °C17 February 2004	20.9 °C	46 mm	152	0
2003	38.3 °C4 April 2003	5.2 °C11 February 2003	21.1 °C	40 mm	168	0
2002	42.0 °C29 July 2002	6.0 °C4 January 2002	21.3 °C	65 mm	145	0
2001	40.2 °C27 May 2001	4.6 °C23 December 2001	21.2 °C	29 mm	156	0
2000	40.5 °C12 April 2000	5.3 °C29 February 2000	20.6 °C	59 mm	152	0
1999	40.5 °C22 June 1999	6.2 °C31 January 1999	21.9 °C	16 mm	177	0
1998	42.8 °C15 April 1998	6.5 °C22 March 1998	21.7 °C	49 mm	166	0
1997	40.7 °C8 June 1997	3.3 °C7 February 1997	20.7 °C	57 mm	158	0
1996	41.3 °C20 September 1996	3.0 °C25 January 1996	20.8 °C	69 mm	158	0
1995	42.6 °C1 July 1995	5.4 °C27 December 1995	20.4 °C	41 mm	145	0
1994	40.8 °C20 April 1994	5.6 °C4 February 1994	20.9 °C	106 mm	161	0
1993	40.4 °C17 April 1993	2.5 °C13 January 1993	20.4 °C	42 mm	157	0
1992	39.8 °C20 June 1992	3.9 °C29 December 1992	19.6 °C	80 mm	133	0
1991	38.9 °C8 May 1991	4.8 °C28 January 1991	20.1 °C	89 mm	142	0
1990	37.7 °C31 May 1990	4.2 °C15 December 1990	20.4 °C	38 mm	150	0
1989	38.9 °C28 May 1989	4.2 °C16 February 1989	20.3 °C	45 mm	162	0
1988	43.1 °C15 May 1988	6.1 °C23 January 1988	20.5 °C	70 mm	146	0
1987	38.3 °C6 May 1987	4.3 °C16 March 1987	19.9 °C	37 mm	132	0
1986	41.2 °C7 June 1986	5.9 °C24 December 1986	20.6 °C	59 mm	139	0
1985	39.9 °C29 April 1985	4.6 °C1 January 1985	20.8 °C	80 mm	146	0
1984	40.2 °C12 May 1984	5.9 °C17 February 1984	20.5 °C	28 mm	157	0
1983	40.2 °C10 July 1983	4.9 °C23 February 1983	19.9 °C	73 mm	140	0
1982	38.5 °C12 June 1982	5.7 °C17 January 1982	20.1 °C	51 mm	145	0
1981	41.7 °C23 April 1981	6.1 °C9 January 1981	20.4 °C	26 mm	163	0
1980	41.6 °C20 May 1980	5.3 °C7 January 1980	20.4 °C	48 mm	153	0
1979	43.8 °C2 April 1979	3.4 °C17 January 1979	20.9 °C	30 mm	151	0
1978	43.8 °C27 May 1978	3.6 °C6 January 1978	20.6 °C	48 mm	154	0
1977	43.6 °C5 June 1977	4.8 °C20 December 1977	20.6 °C	50 mm	155	0
1976	39.4 °C15 April 1976	4.1 °C26 January 1976	20.4 °C	37 mm	161	0
1975	38.9 °C26 May 1975	5.1 °C12 February 1975	20.7 °C	63 mm	165	0
1974	41.1 °C18 June 1974	4.7 °C26 January 1974	20.7 °C	109 mm	177	0
1973	42.2 °C10 June 1973	3.2 °C4 January 1973	20.6 °C	38 mm	176	0
1972	39.9 °C7 June 1972	6.5 °C5 February 1972	20.9 °C	97 mm	163	0
1971	39.4 °C19 June 1971	5.6 °C17 December 1971	20.7 °C	97 mm	152	0
1970	43.8 °C21 May 1970	2.0 °C21 December 1970	20.6 °C	71 mm	150	0
1969	41.0 °C15 June 1969	5.0 °C6 January 1969	20.8 °C	76 mm	154	0
1968	40.0 °C14 August 1968	4.2 °C8 January 1968	20.5 °C	79 mm	148	0
1967	40.8 °C12 June 1967	3.6 °C24 January 1967	19.8 °C	127 mm	135	0
1966	41.6 °C2 June 1966	2.3 °C9 December 1966	20.9 °C	82 mm	168	0
1965	41.4 °C13 June 1965	5.7 °C13 January 1965	20.2 °C	83 mm	138	0
1964	42.0 °C29 May 1964	3.7 °C7 January 1964	19.9 °C	82 mm	138	0
1963	39.2 °C18 June 1963	3.7 °C29 January 1963	20.4 °C	47 mm	139	0
1962	41.7 °C11 June 1962	6.3 °C18 January 1962	20.5 °C	30 mm	151	0
1961	44.2 °C30 May 1961	4.6 °C24 January 1961	20.0 °C	89 mm	134	0
1960	40.8 °C6 May 1960	4.3 °C31 December 1960	21.2 °C	37 mm	168	0
1959	42.8 °C10 June 1959	4.7 °C16 February 1959	20.1 °C	34 mm	144	0
1958	40.0 °C14 June 1958	5.8 °C8 February 1958	20.9 °C	29 mm	163	0
1957	42.2 °C15 April 1957	2.7 °C16 January 1957	20.6 °C	72 mm	169	0
1956	43.4 °C24 July 1956	4.1 °C21 December 1956	20.8 °C	44 mm	159	0
1955	41.1 °C3 June 1955	3.8 °C1 January 1955	21.3 °C	40 mm	180	0
1954	40.5 °C27 May 1954	2.7 °C1 February 1954	20.5 °C	70 mm	166	0
1953	42.4 °C16 June 1953	1.5 °C14 January 1953	20.3 °C	76 mm	166	0
1952	41.2 °C21 May 1952	3.7 °C14 January 1952	20.8 °C	53 mm	171	0
1951	41.3 °C9 September 1951	3.4 °C30 December 1951	20.9 °C	78 mm	175	0
1950	40.3 °C20 April 1950	-0.3 °C9 February 1950	20.5 °C	65 mm	168	1
1949	41.8 °C3 June 1949	2.9 °C4 February 1949	19.9 °C	110 mm	162	0
1948	43.2 °C14 June 1948	5.1 °C1 January 1948	20.1 °C	75 mm	159	0
1947	40.4 °C16 May 1947	4.4 °C3 January 1947	21.2 °C	54 mm	177	0
1946	40.1 °C2 June 1946	2.9 °C11 February 1946	21.2 °C	55 mm	177	0
1945	42.0 °C1 August 1945	0.4 °C4 January 1945	20.3 °C	57 mm	169	0
1944	44.7 °C13 June 1944	3.8 °C20 February 1944	20.6 °C	73 mm	173	0
1943	43.1 °C1 October 1943	5.0 °C26 January 1943	20.5 °C	86 mm	156	0
1942	46.4 °C6 May 1942	1.0 °C6 January 1942	20.8 °C	49 mm	175	0
1941	46.3 °C10 May 1941	2.5 °C1 January 1941	21.0 °C	69 mm	170	0
1940	40.8 °C18 July 1940	1.7 °C24 December 1940	20.5 °C	50 mm	176	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.9 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

157 d/yr

-1

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

30 mm

-29 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.5 °C	+2.4 °C	7 mm	-6 mm
Feb	18.8 °C	-1.5 °C	3 mm	-7 mm
Mar	25.1 °C	+2.0 °C	5 mm	-3 mm
Apr	26.3 °C	-1.0 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
May	30.7 °C	-0.2 °C	4 mm	+3 mm
Jun	32.3 °C	-0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	33.9 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	34.2 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	29.9 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Nov	27.2 °C	+1.9 °C	3 mm	-5 mm
Dec	21.7 °C	+0.9 °C	6 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.4 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest day

5.4 °C

26 Feb 2025

Wettest day

3.3 mm

6 Mar 2025

Windiest day

30.2 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

58.0 km/h

26 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.3 °C

26 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

10 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Damanhur?

Damanhur has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 59 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Damanhur?

The hottest day measured in Damanhur between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1942, reaching 46.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Damanhur?

The coldest day measured in Damanhur between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -0.3 °C.

Does it snow in Damanhur?

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

Has the climate of Damanhur warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Damanhur?

The wettest day measured in Damanhur between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 2015, with 29 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Damanhur?

The windiest day measured in Damanhur between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 45.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Damanhur?

The warmest month in Damanhur is August (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Damanhur?

Damanhur receives on average 59 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 16 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Damanhur?

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

Are there tropical nights in Damanhur?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Damanhur?

In Damanhur, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 29 July 2002, and the lowest was -3.7 °C on 4 January 1945.

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