El Dabaa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of El Dabaa?

El Dabaa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 53 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Dabaa?

The hottest day measured in El Dabaa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1961, reaching 44.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in El Dabaa?

The coldest day measured in El Dabaa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1942, at 1.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in El Dabaa?

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

Q: Has the climate of El Dabaa warmed?

Yes: El Dabaa warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in El Dabaa?

The wettest day measured in El Dabaa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1985, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in El Dabaa?

The windiest day measured in El Dabaa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 72.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in El Dabaa?

The warmest month in El Dabaa is August (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in El Dabaa?

El Dabaa receives on average 53 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 15 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in El Dabaa?

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

El Dabaa (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 53 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 (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

El Dabaa averages 0 frost days, 94 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 15 rainy days per year.

El Dabaa has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.9 °C (on 30 May 1961) and the coldest 1.5 °C (on 7 January 1942).

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

El DabaaMatruh Governorate

coords: 31.03°, 28.44°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.5°C

Average daily high

25.2°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

53mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

23.9km/h

Seasonal range

13.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

94 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

15 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.2 °C

Average feels-like low

15.6 °C

Average peak gust

38.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

122 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

44.9 °C

30 May 1961

Coldest day

1.5 °C

7 January 1942

Wettest day

43 mm

17 December 1985

Windiest day

72.3 km/h

3 February 1992

Strongest gust

104.4 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

44.1 °C

29 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-3.9 °C

4 January 1945

Sunniest day

13.9 h

29 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.5 °C25 May 2025	6.4 °C25 February 2025	21.7 °C	29 mm	113
2024	39.0 °C19 May 2024	8.2 °C31 January 2024	22.1 °C	48 mm	131
2023	39.8 °C16 June 2023	8.6 °C7 February 2023	21.9 °C	51 mm	113
2022	39.8 °C17 April 2022	7.0 °C25 January 2022	21.1 °C	59 mm	105
2021	42.7 °C8 May 2021	7.9 °C20 December 2021	21.7 °C	61 mm	118
2020	38.0 °C21 June 2020	6.5 °C3 January 2020	21.1 °C	115 mm	115
2019	42.7 °C23 May 2019	4.7 °C10 January 2019	21.2 °C	38 mm	115
2018	41.3 °C24 July 2018	8.6 °C16 January 2018	21.9 °C	64 mm	123
2017	39.2 °C8 June 2017	4.6 °C6 January 2017	21.2 °C	24 mm	110
2016	42.8 °C14 May 2016	6.7 °C31 December 2016	21.9 °C	29 mm	124
2015	39.1 °C15 August 2015	6.3 °C12 February 2015	21.2 °C	126 mm	102
2014	40.3 °C30 May 2014	8.2 °C13 January 2014	21.5 °C	36 mm	111
2013	41.7 °C29 May 2013	6.1 °C10 February 2013	21.2 °C	39 mm	103
2012	38.6 °C22 May 2012	5.6 °C8 February 2012	21.2 °C	57 mm	118
2011	38.1 °C24 July 2011	8.2 °C22 December 2011	20.9 °C	65 mm	103
2010	43.3 °C21 June 2010	8.6 °C19 December 2010	22.0 °C	14 mm	126
2009	36.8 °C11 September 2009	7.0 °C4 January 2009	21.4 °C	24 mm	116
2008	38.7 °C22 April 2008	6.8 °C19 February 2008	21.5 °C	62 mm	120
2007	38.7 °C19 May 2007	6.4 °C3 January 2007	21.2 °C	41 mm	103
2006	39.5 °C28 August 2006	7.9 °C14 January 2006	21.0 °C	34 mm	102
2005	36.7 °C21 September 2005	6.6 °C27 December 2005	21.0 °C	27 mm	92
2004	37.5 °C18 June 2004	5.9 °C14 February 2004	21.0 °C	21 mm	104
2003	37.7 °C11 September 2003	6.8 °C26 December 2003	21.1 °C	39 mm	111
2002	44.1 °C29 July 2002	5.7 °C7 January 2002	21.3 °C	38 mm	107
2001	39.0 °C26 May 2001	6.9 °C22 December 2001	21.2 °C	24 mm	99
2000	39.9 °C12 April 2000	7.4 °C23 January 2000	20.6 °C	61 mm	95
1999	36.5 °C23 August 1999	5.9 °C11 January 1999	21.2 °C	34 mm	112
1998	40.6 °C15 April 1998	6.7 °C22 December 1998	21.1 °C	42 mm	110
1997	39.0 °C22 April 1997	6.3 °C1 January 1997	20.4 °C	50 mm	100
1996	42.2 °C5 September 1996	5.3 °C25 January 1996	20.5 °C	78 mm	93
1995	42.5 °C1 July 1995	5.6 °C29 December 1995	20.5 °C	34 mm	110
1994	42.3 °C19 April 1994	6.6 °C23 December 1994	20.8 °C	97 mm	119
1993	40.2 °C15 May 1993	6.1 °C14 January 1993	20.6 °C	38 mm	105
1992	40.9 °C26 June 1992	4.6 °C24 February 1992	19.9 °C	72 mm	68
1991	36.8 °C5 June 1991	6.6 °C29 December 1991	20.3 °C	78 mm	86
1990	37.1 °C14 June 1990	7.7 °C15 December 1990	20.6 °C	34 mm	87
1989	37.9 °C28 May 1989	4.7 °C24 January 1989	20.4 °C	45 mm	99
1988	41.7 °C25 May 1988	6.8 °C13 December 1988	20.5 °C	83 mm	104
1987	37.5 °C6 May 1987	5.3 °C16 January 1987	20.0 °C	40 mm	80
1986	39.7 °C7 June 1986	7.6 °C31 January 1986	20.5 °C	44 mm	97
1985	40.4 °C29 April 1985	6.3 °C1 January 1985	20.7 °C	97 mm	86
1984	36.5 °C20 September 1984	7.1 °C24 January 1984	20.2 °C	43 mm	67
1983	38.7 °C10 July 1983	6.6 °C8 February 1983	19.9 °C	58 mm	67
1982	37.1 °C7 October 1982	7.1 °C3 January 1982	20.1 °C	51 mm	86
1981	41.7 °C23 April 1981	5.0 °C30 January 1981	20.2 °C	21 mm	69
1980	35.9 °C20 May 1980	6.6 °C26 December 1980	20.0 °C	35 mm	65
1979	41.6 °C2 April 1979	5.4 °C6 January 1979	20.5 °C	22 mm	68
1978	43.2 °C22 June 1978	5.0 °C12 January 1978	20.0 °C	55 mm	59
1977	39.5 °C28 May 1977	6.4 °C13 January 1977	20.3 °C	54 mm	90
1976	36.2 °C17 September 1976	5.2 °C14 February 1976	19.9 °C	33 mm	51
1975	35.6 °C2 June 1975	6.9 °C3 January 1975	20.0 °C	53 mm	65
1974	38.5 °C18 June 1974	4.3 °C25 January 1974	20.1 °C	94 mm	82
1973	36.9 °C10 June 1973	4.0 °C18 January 1973	20.0 °C	40 mm	69
1972	37.8 °C29 September 1972	4.8 °C29 January 1972	20.3 °C	83 mm	90
1971	35.1 °C6 October 1971	7.6 °C7 February 1971	20.2 °C	70 mm	73
1970	41.0 °C12 April 1970	4.7 °C25 December 1970	20.3 °C	43 mm	85
1969	41.4 °C15 June 1969	5.3 °C6 January 1969	20.3 °C	76 mm	69
1968	40.1 °C13 August 1968	5.8 °C22 January 1968	20.3 °C	84 mm	83
1967	37.9 °C20 May 1967	5.4 °C25 December 1967	19.9 °C	79 mm	78
1966	41.5 °C2 June 1966	5.5 °C9 December 1966	20.7 °C	65 mm	80
1965	39.5 °C5 June 1965	6.9 °C16 February 1965	20.2 °C	64 mm	83
1964	40.0 °C29 May 1964	6.1 °C7 January 1964	20.0 °C	49 mm	71
1963	39.4 °C17 June 1963	4.5 °C29 January 1963	20.6 °C	46 mm	95
1962	37.3 °C22 March 1962	7.5 °C23 February 1962	20.7 °C	35 mm	94
1961	44.9 °C30 May 1961	6.7 °C11 February 1961	20.1 °C	72 mm	80
1960	39.7 °C6 May 1960	3.6 °C10 January 1960	20.9 °C	52 mm	114
1959	40.0 °C31 May 1959	6.6 °C30 January 1959	19.8 °C	51 mm	79
1958	39.1 °C12 July 1958	6.6 °C28 January 1958	20.5 °C	30 mm	82
1957	39.4 °C14 April 1957	4.1 °C15 January 1957	20.1 °C	75 mm	77
1956	36.8 °C13 July 1956	3.0 °C11 February 1956	20.0 °C	61 mm	96
1955	39.8 °C3 September 1955	6.1 °C3 February 1955	20.6 °C	37 mm	95
1954	36.3 °C19 May 1954	3.7 °C16 January 1954	19.6 °C	61 mm	81
1953	38.4 °C14 May 1953	2.9 °C6 January 1953	19.7 °C	63 mm	104
1952	34.2 °C23 August 1952	1.8 °C14 January 1952	20.1 °C	39 mm	98
1951	39.6 °C31 May 1951	5.4 °C29 January 1951	20.2 °C	75 mm	95
1950	34.6 °C11 August 1950	2.1 °C29 January 1950	19.8 °C	43 mm	88
1949	38.0 °C16 May 1949	4.0 °C5 February 1949	19.1 °C	82 mm	43
1948	39.9 °C14 June 1948	3.7 °C11 January 1948	19.3 °C	86 mm	84
1947	37.7 °C16 May 1947	4.2 °C1 January 1947	20.3 °C	44 mm	98
1946	36.2 °C1 June 1946	2.0 °C31 December 1946	20.3 °C	38 mm	114
1945	37.8 °C16 August 1945	1.5 °C4 January 1945	19.6 °C	38 mm	102
1944	40.2 °C13 June 1944	2.2 °C12 February 1944	19.7 °C	53 mm	87
1943	35.5 °C7 September 1943	5.3 °C26 January 1943	19.7 °C	77 mm	85
1942	37.0 °C15 May 1942	1.5 °C7 January 1942	19.9 °C	54 mm	97
1941	41.7 °C24 May 1941	2.5 °C2 January 1941	20.0 °C	65 mm	115
1940	37.3 °C12 May 1940	2.4 °C24 December 1940	19.7 °C	55 mm	81

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.9 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

113 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

29 mm

-24 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.9 °C	+1.9 °C	9 mm	-2 mm
Feb	17.6 °C	-1.3 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Mar	23.1 °C	+2.1 °C	3 mm	-4 mm
Apr	23.4 °C	-0.7 °C	2 mm	-0 mm
May	28.4 °C	+1.3 °C	5 mm	+4 mm
Jun	29.7 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	32.3 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	32.6 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Sep	30.3 °C	+0.2 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Oct	27.8 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Nov	24.8 °C	+1.5 °C	4 mm	-6 mm
Dec	20.9 °C	+1.4 °C	3 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.5 °C

25 May 2025

Coldest day

6.4 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

4.2 mm

21 Jan 2025

Windiest day

47.7 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

67.0 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

14 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.1 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

3 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of El Dabaa?

El Dabaa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 53 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Dabaa?

The hottest day measured in El Dabaa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1961, reaching 44.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in El Dabaa?

The coldest day measured in El Dabaa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1942, at 1.5 °C.

Does it snow in El Dabaa?

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

Has the climate of El Dabaa warmed?

Yes: El Dabaa warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in El Dabaa?

The wettest day measured in El Dabaa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1985, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in El Dabaa?

The windiest day measured in El Dabaa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 72.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in El Dabaa?

The warmest month in El Dabaa is August (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.6 °C).

How much does it rain in El Dabaa?

El Dabaa receives on average 53 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 15 rainy days.

Is it sunny in El Dabaa?

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

Are there tropical nights in El Dabaa?

Yes: El Dabaa has on average 122 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Dabaa?

In El Dabaa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 29 July 2002, and the lowest was -3.9 °C on 4 January 1945.

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