El Qoseir climate — normals and trends
El Qoseir (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 12 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 (30.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
El Qoseir averages 0 frost days, 169 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 2 rainy days per year.
El Qoseir has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.0 °C (on 7 June 1963) and the coldest 4.3 °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 QoseirRed Sea
- coords
- 26.11°, 34.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.5°C
Average daily high
28.6°C
Average daily low
20.8°C
Annual rainfall
12mm
Sunshine / day
11.5h
Mean relative humidity
46%
Average peak wind
22.0km/h
Seasonal range
13.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
169 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
2 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.8 °C
Average feels-like low
18.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
205 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · p = < 0.001
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
45.0 °C
7 June 1963
Coldest day
4.3 °C
6 February 1950
Wettest day
66 mm
8 October 1967
Windiest day
54.2 km/h
13 March 2020
Strongest gust
85.7 km/h
13 March 2020
Hottest feels-like
45.1 °C
30 May 1978
Coldest feels-like
-2.4 °C
6 February 1950
Sunniest day
13.0 h
5 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 20.7 °C | -1.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Mar | 24.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | 28.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 30.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 32.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 34.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 34.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 32.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 29.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 27.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 23.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 18 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Qoseir?
El Qoseir has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 12 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Qoseir?
The hottest day measured in El Qoseir between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1963, reaching 45.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Qoseir?
The coldest day measured in El Qoseir between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 4.3 °C.
Does it snow in El Qoseir?
Almost never: El Qoseir sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Qoseir warmed?
Yes: El Qoseir warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Qoseir?
The wettest day measured in El Qoseir between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 1967, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Qoseir?
The windiest day measured in El Qoseir between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2020, with winds reaching 54.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Qoseir?
The warmest month in El Qoseir is August (30.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.1 °C).
How much does it rain in El Qoseir?
El Qoseir receives on average 12 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 2 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Qoseir?
El Qoseir 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 Qoseir?
Yes: El Qoseir has on average 205 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Qoseir?
In El Qoseir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 30 May 1978, and the lowest was -2.4 °C on 6 February 1950.
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