El Gouna climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of El Gouna?

El Gouna has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 9 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in El Gouna between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1963, reaching 37.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in El Gouna?

The coldest day measured in El Gouna between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 6.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in El Gouna?

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

Q: Has the climate of El Gouna warmed?

Yes: El Gouna warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in El Gouna?

The wettest day measured in El Gouna between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1966, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in El Gouna?

The windiest day measured in El Gouna between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 1993, with winds reaching 59.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in El Gouna?

The warmest month in El Gouna is August (30.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in El Gouna?

El Gouna receives on average 9 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 1 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in El Gouna?

El Gouna gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

El Gouna (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 9 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 (30.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

El Gouna averages 0 frost days, 100 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 1 rainy days per year.

El Gouna has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 7 June 1963) and the coldest 6.9 °C (on 6 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

El GounaRed Sea

coords: 27.39°, 33.68°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

24.1°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

22.1°C

Annual rainfall

9mm

Sunshine / day

11.5h

Mean relative humidity

56%

Average peak wind

31.4km/h

Seasonal range

12.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

100 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

1 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.2 °C

Average feels-like low

19.9 °C

Average peak gust

43.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

238 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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

37.5 °C

7 June 1963

Coldest day

6.9 °C

6 February 1950

Wettest day

40 mm

31 October 1966

Windiest day

59.0 km/h

18 May 1993

Strongest gust

82.8 km/h

18 March 2010

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

12 July 2024

Coldest feels-like

-0.6 °C

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.3 h

1 July 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.4 °C11 August 2025	13.1 °C24 February 2025	25.0 °C	10 mm	114
2024	36.3 °C12 July 2024	13.4 °C1 February 2024	25.5 °C	3 mm	133
2023	35.9 °C8 September 2023	14.1 °C7 February 2023	25.2 °C	5 mm	121
2022	33.6 °C23 August 2022	11.7 °C27 January 2022	24.4 °C	10 mm	116
2021	34.8 °C3 July 2021	11.7 °C17 February 2021	25.0 °C	0 mm	115
2020	34.6 °C31 July 2020	12.9 °C4 January 2020	24.7 °C	6 mm	130
2019	35.6 °C17 July 2019	12.5 °C7 January 2019	24.8 °C	7 mm	134
2018	34.5 °C25 July 2018	13.7 °C26 January 2018	25.3 °C	2 mm	133
2017	34.3 °C18 July 2017	13.0 °C28 January 2017	24.6 °C	1 mm	115
2016	36.2 °C4 June 2016	11.7 °C27 January 2016	25.0 °C	24 mm	123
2015	36.1 °C7 August 2015	11.2 °C20 February 2015	24.9 °C	3 mm	123
2014	34.6 °C12 July 2014	14.7 °C10 January 2014	25.1 °C	27 mm	118
2013	33.8 °C2 June 2013	12.1 °C10 January 2013	24.7 °C	2 mm	119
2012	34.5 °C19 July 2012	12.6 °C3 March 2012	24.7 °C	2 mm	125
2011	33.9 °C3 August 2011	14.4 °C18 January 2011	24.1 °C	5 mm	98
2010	35.4 °C7 August 2010	13.4 °C7 February 2010	25.7 °C	47 mm	131
2009	33.4 °C22 June 2009	14.3 °C28 February 2009	24.6 °C	0 mm	109
2008	34.3 °C28 August 2008	11.1 °C19 February 2008	24.5 °C	9 mm	116
2007	36.1 °C28 July 2007	12.7 °C4 February 2007	24.3 °C	1 mm	90
2006	35.0 °C29 August 2006	12.6 °C28 December 2006	24.2 °C	1 mm	108
2005	34.3 °C13 July 2005	12.8 °C9 February 2005	24.2 °C	1 mm	96
2004	34.3 °C30 July 2004	11.6 °C15 February 2004	24.3 °C	2 mm	95
2003	33.5 °C6 July 2003	11.9 °C25 February 2003	24.3 °C	1 mm	115
2002	35.2 °C28 July 2002	11.0 °C7 January 2002	24.4 °C	1 mm	107
2001	33.8 °C25 August 2001	13.3 °C21 February 2001	24.2 °C	1 mm	99
2000	35.5 °C30 July 2000	10.5 °C28 January 2000	23.8 °C	1 mm	101
1999	35.0 °C20 August 1999	13.4 °C21 February 1999	24.5 °C	3 mm	99
1998	34.7 °C11 August 1998	13.0 °C12 January 1998	24.4 °C	1 mm	103
1997	33.6 °C21 July 1997	12.7 °C6 February 1997	23.9 °C	1 mm	92
1996	34.4 °C2 August 1996	12.8 °C7 March 1996	24.1 °C	22 mm	94
1995	34.6 °C29 June 1995	13.2 °C8 February 1995	23.9 °C	6 mm	111
1994	33.3 °C15 August 1994	13.1 °C4 December 1994	24.3 °C	7 mm	110
1993	33.5 °C31 August 1993	11.0 °C4 February 1993	24.0 °C	2 mm	95
1992	33.1 °C27 June 1992	10.0 °C24 February 1992	23.3 °C	3 mm	82
1991	32.6 °C22 June 1991	12.2 °C6 March 1991	24.0 °C	5 mm	93
1990	33.0 °C5 August 1990	13.9 °C13 March 1990	24.1 °C	8 mm	81
1989	32.8 °C6 August 1989	11.5 °C5 January 1989	23.7 °C	2 mm	107
1988	34.4 °C29 June 1988	13.4 °C17 January 1988	24.1 °C	7 mm	112
1987	34.7 °C10 August 1987	13.3 °C6 January 1987	23.9 °C	3 mm	94
1986	33.8 °C28 July 1986	13.0 °C27 December 1986	24.0 °C	2 mm	103
1985	33.2 °C3 August 1985	10.7 °C26 February 1985	24.1 °C	26 mm	85
1984	32.5 °C15 August 1984	13.1 °C16 January 1984	23.7 °C	0 mm	75
1983	33.7 °C11 July 1983	11.0 °C6 March 1983	23.1 °C	1 mm	68
1982	33.0 °C13 August 1982	12.4 °C8 February 1982	23.4 °C	8 mm	82
1981	33.6 °C27 August 1981	11.1 °C31 January 1981	23.8 °C	1 mm	82
1980	33.7 °C1 July 1980	12.3 °C3 March 1980	24.0 °C	11 mm	85
1979	33.9 °C21 June 1979	12.8 °C9 January 1979	24.4 °C	3 mm	102
1978	34.1 °C15 July 1978	11.7 °C3 January 1978	23.9 °C	1 mm	85
1977	33.9 °C3 August 1977	12.5 °C4 March 1977	23.9 °C	0 mm	100
1976	33.0 °C9 June 1976	11.3 °C10 February 1976	23.7 °C	1 mm	68
1975	32.7 °C28 June 1975	12.6 °C11 February 1975	23.5 °C	14 mm	78
1974	33.2 °C4 August 1974	11.5 °C24 January 1974	23.8 °C	9 mm	83
1973	33.9 °C26 July 1973	10.0 °C15 January 1973	24.0 °C	4 mm	80
1972	33.2 °C4 August 1972	12.6 °C8 February 1972	23.9 °C	5 mm	97
1971	33.7 °C7 August 1971	11.9 °C28 December 1971	23.8 °C	23 mm	86
1970	33.7 °C21 May 1970	13.3 °C13 December 1970	24.0 °C	4 mm	87
1969	33.9 °C22 June 1969	11.3 °C29 January 1969	24.3 °C	4 mm	113
1968	34.5 °C17 July 1968	11.4 °C15 January 1968	24.1 °C	6 mm	109
1967	33.8 °C16 August 1967	12.1 °C24 December 1967	23.5 °C	154 mm	87
1966	34.8 °C19 June 1966	12.7 °C11 January 1966	24.4 °C	90 mm	112
1965	34.3 °C11 July 1965	12.8 °C13 January 1965	23.8 °C	5 mm	95
1964	33.7 °C26 August 1964	10.7 °C19 January 1964	23.6 °C	3 mm	87
1963	37.5 °C7 June 1963	13.2 °C31 December 1963	24.7 °C	2 mm	113
1962	34.9 °C11 August 1962	12.7 °C21 February 1962	24.6 °C	1 mm	108
1961	34.4 °C7 June 1961	13.3 °C11 February 1961	23.6 °C	7 mm	97
1960	33.4 °C21 July 1960	12.4 °C25 January 1960	24.4 °C	1 mm	82
1959	34.7 °C10 June 1959	11.2 °C15 February 1959	23.6 °C	3 mm	89
1958	34.4 °C25 August 1958	12.1 °C28 January 1958	24.3 °C	1 mm	90
1957	34.0 °C14 August 1957	11.4 °C2 February 1957	24.1 °C	4 mm	99
1956	34.8 °C8 August 1956	12.6 °C21 December 1956	24.0 °C	1 mm	100
1955	33.9 °C31 July 1955	14.1 °C30 December 1955	24.3 °C	1 mm	102
1954	34.1 °C1 August 1954	11.3 °C12 January 1954	24.0 °C	3 mm	100
1953	34.0 °C20 July 1953	11.6 °C16 January 1953	23.7 °C	18 mm	97
1952	34.7 °C26 August 1952	12.3 °C10 January 1952	24.3 °C	2 mm	101
1951	33.6 °C14 August 1951	12.9 °C22 December 1951	24.2 °C	3 mm	103
1950	33.2 °C11 August 1950	6.9 °C6 February 1950	23.9 °C	8 mm	91
1949	32.5 °C11 May 1949	9.9 °C8 February 1949	23.1 °C	4 mm	71
1948	33.3 °C15 June 1948	12.5 °C3 January 1948	23.4 °C	1 mm	87
1947	34.2 °C16 July 1947	13.3 °C14 January 1947	24.5 °C	9 mm	97
1946	33.3 °C16 August 1946	11.4 °C17 February 1946	24.3 °C	3 mm	114
1945	34.1 °C3 August 1945	10.5 °C1 February 1945	23.5 °C	3 mm	96
1944	34.5 °C14 June 1944	12.1 °C20 January 1944	23.9 °C	6 mm	100
1943	34.6 °C15 August 1943	11.7 °C6 March 1943	23.7 °C	43 mm	81
1942	33.6 °C5 May 1942	8.5 °C3 January 1942	24.2 °C	3 mm	104
1941	34.6 °C6 August 1941	12.0 °C27 December 1941	24.2 °C	4 mm	100
1940	33.9 °C19 July 1940	11.8 °C21 December 1940	24.0 °C	2 mm	86

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.8 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

114 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

10 mm

+1 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.3 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	19.6 °C	-0.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	23.1 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	25.3 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
May	28.2 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jun	30.2 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	32.5 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	32.9 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	30.6 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Nov	26.6 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Dec	22.0 °C	+0.8 °C	10 mm	+9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.4 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest day

13.1 °C

24 Feb 2025

Wettest day

9.7 mm

6 Dec 2025

Windiest day

48.8 km/h

10 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

10 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.5 °C

24 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

5 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of El Gouna?

El Gouna has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.1 °C and it receives 9 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Gouna?

The hottest day measured in El Gouna between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1963, reaching 37.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in El Gouna?

The coldest day measured in El Gouna between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 6.9 °C.

Does it snow in El Gouna?

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

Has the climate of El Gouna warmed?

Yes: El Gouna warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in El Gouna?

The wettest day measured in El Gouna between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1966, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in El Gouna?

The windiest day measured in El Gouna between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 1993, with winds reaching 59.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in El Gouna?

The warmest month in El Gouna is August (30.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.8 °C).

How much does it rain in El Gouna?

El Gouna receives on average 9 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 1 rainy days.

Is it sunny in El Gouna?

El Gouna gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in El Gouna?

Yes: El Gouna has on average 238 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Gouna?

In El Gouna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 12 July 2024, and the lowest was -0.6 °C on 6 February 1950.

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