Ismailia climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ismailia?

Ismailia has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 26 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ismailia between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1970, reaching 47.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ismailia?

The coldest day measured in Ismailia between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -0.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ismailia?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ismailia warmed?

Yes: Ismailia warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ismailia?

The wettest day measured in Ismailia between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1975, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ismailia?

The windiest day measured in Ismailia between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 54.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ismailia?

The warmest month in Ismailia is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ismailia?

Ismailia receives on average 26 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 7 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ismailia?

Ismailia gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ismailia (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 26 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 July (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Ismailia averages 0 frost days, 168 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 7 rainy days per year.

Ismailia has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.1 °C (on 21 May 1970) and the coldest -0.7 °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

IsmailiaIsmailia Governorate

coords: 30.60°, 32.27°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.5°C

Average daily high

28.2°C

Average daily low

15.7°C

Annual rainfall

26mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

19.3km/h

Seasonal range

15.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

168 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

7 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.3 °C

Average feels-like low

15.8 °C

Average peak gust

33.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

106 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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

47.1 °C

21 May 1970

Coldest day

-0.7 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

42 mm

20 February 1975

Windiest day

54.7 km/h

3 February 1992

Strongest gust

95.8 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest feels-like

-4.7 °C

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.9 h

17 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.8 °C17 May 2025	5.7 °C25 February 2025	22.8 °C	11 mm	176	0
2024	42.5 °C12 July 2024	7.4 °C31 January 2024	23.4 °C	11 mm	180	0
2023	42.5 °C2 June 2023	5.6 °C9 February 2023	23.1 °C	21 mm	189	0
2022	41.9 °C11 June 2022	4.1 °C22 January 2022	22.2 °C	38 mm	162	0
2021	42.1 °C7 August 2021	6.1 °C24 January 2021	22.9 °C	32 mm	185	0
2020	43.6 °C19 May 2020	5.7 °C27 January 2020	22.7 °C	68 mm	174	0
2019	44.9 °C23 May 2019	5.3 °C11 January 2019	22.7 °C	49 mm	178	0
2018	43.2 °C22 May 2018	6.6 °C31 January 2018	23.6 °C	24 mm	191	0
2017	41.0 °C2 July 2017	4.6 °C10 January 2017	22.5 °C	14 mm	173	0
2016	43.9 °C15 May 2016	5.7 °C26 January 2016	23.0 °C	13 mm	189	0
2015	46.7 °C27 May 2015	6.2 °C10 January 2015	22.6 °C	31 mm	174	0
2014	44.6 °C4 June 2014	6.2 °C8 January 2014	22.5 °C	17 mm	168	0
2013	43.7 °C2 June 2013	4.2 °C17 December 2013	22.4 °C	16 mm	176	0
2012	40.1 °C15 July 2012	4.6 °C5 February 2012	22.4 °C	16 mm	202	0
2011	39.8 °C25 July 2011	6.8 °C13 January 2011	21.9 °C	24 mm	159	0
2010	42.4 °C21 June 2010	5.3 °C7 February 2010	23.5 °C	10 mm	199	0
2009	40.0 °C12 July 2009	6.4 °C6 January 2009	22.6 °C	8 mm	176	0
2008	41.6 °C23 April 2008	1.2 °C19 January 2008	22.4 °C	21 mm	175	0
2007	42.6 °C10 June 2007	5.2 °C19 January 2007	22.2 °C	10 mm	182	0
2006	41.2 °C29 September 2006	4.7 °C25 December 2006	21.8 °C	13 mm	165	0
2005	39.7 °C20 June 2005	4.1 °C27 December 2005	21.8 °C	12 mm	170	0
2004	41.8 °C14 July 2004	5.7 °C23 February 2004	21.8 °C	24 mm	178	0
2003	43.4 °C29 May 2003	5.7 °C6 February 2003	22.0 °C	9 mm	183	0
2002	42.8 °C29 July 2002	5.6 °C4 January 2002	22.2 °C	29 mm	168	0
2001	40.9 °C27 May 2001	4.5 °C28 January 2001	22.1 °C	13 mm	168	0
2000	41.6 °C30 July 2000	2.8 °C31 January 2000	21.4 °C	29 mm	164	0
1999	39.6 °C19 August 1999	5.9 °C2 December 1999	22.0 °C	4 mm	171	0
1998	42.5 °C5 July 1998	7.0 °C13 January 1998	22.3 °C	22 mm	170	0
1997	42.7 °C8 June 1997	3.8 °C6 February 1997	21.3 °C	34 mm	163	0
1996	42.1 °C6 September 1996	4.7 °C25 January 1996	21.6 °C	23 mm	162	0
1995	42.5 °C1 July 1995	5.9 °C19 January 1995	21.2 °C	11 mm	151	0
1994	41.5 °C21 April 1994	5.7 °C22 December 1994	21.7 °C	40 mm	173	0
1993	41.5 °C4 June 1993	4.2 °C13 January 1993	21.1 °C	34 mm	160	0
1992	42.5 °C20 June 1992	3.8 °C26 December 1992	20.5 °C	18 mm	154	0
1991	40.0 °C12 May 1991	4.2 °C18 December 1991	21.0 °C	27 mm	160	0
1990	39.3 °C27 April 1990	5.1 °C12 January 1990	21.1 °C	27 mm	153	0
1989	40.1 °C14 June 1989	2.5 °C4 February 1989	20.9 °C	16 mm	168	0
1988	43.4 °C15 May 1988	5.1 °C12 December 1988	21.2 °C	35 mm	161	0
1987	42.1 °C7 May 1987	3.8 °C28 January 1987	20.9 °C	22 mm	146	0
1986	41.6 °C7 June 1986	5.6 °C6 December 1986	21.2 °C	32 mm	145	0
1985	39.2 °C2 June 1985	4.3 °C6 January 1985	21.3 °C	43 mm	156	0
1984	40.9 °C25 May 1984	5.8 °C17 February 1984	20.8 °C	7 mm	168	0
1983	40.1 °C10 July 1983	4.2 °C29 January 1983	20.4 °C	22 mm	151	0
1982	38.8 °C16 May 1982	4.5 °C17 January 1982	20.6 °C	35 mm	154	0
1981	40.5 °C23 April 1981	5.0 °C9 January 1981	21.0 °C	12 mm	166	0
1980	43.0 °C20 April 1980	6.2 °C1 February 1980	21.2 °C	21 mm	166	0
1979	43.3 °C2 April 1979	4.9 °C6 January 1979	21.6 °C	19 mm	173	0
1978	44.7 °C22 June 1978	2.3 °C14 January 1978	21.3 °C	20 mm	176	0
1977	43.4 °C31 May 1977	3.9 °C26 December 1977	21.3 °C	19 mm	160	0
1976	41.0 °C15 April 1976	4.0 °C15 February 1976	21.1 °C	8 mm	174	0
1975	39.5 °C11 June 1975	4.6 °C13 February 1975	21.1 °C	62 mm	166	0
1974	39.7 °C20 July 1974	4.7 °C24 January 1974	21.3 °C	51 mm	184	0
1973	42.1 °C21 July 1973	3.1 °C3 January 1973	21.1 °C	13 mm	173	0
1972	42.5 °C19 June 1972	3.5 °C26 December 1972	21.2 °C	39 mm	169	0
1971	39.4 °C20 June 1971	5.0 °C17 December 1971	21.1 °C	66 mm	161	0
1970	47.1 °C21 May 1970	2.3 °C21 December 1970	21.3 °C	14 mm	160	0
1969	45.1 °C16 June 1969	5.2 °C1 February 1969	21.5 °C	35 mm	167	0
1968	43.0 °C14 August 1968	4.3 °C8 January 1968	21.3 °C	22 mm	161	0
1967	44.4 °C21 June 1967	3.4 °C24 January 1967	20.5 °C	67 mm	147	0
1966	41.1 °C18 May 1966	4.0 °C14 January 1966	21.5 °C	49 mm	171	0
1965	44.3 °C13 June 1965	6.5 °C13 January 1965	21.0 °C	37 mm	155	0
1964	41.7 °C30 May 1964	4.0 °C23 January 1964	20.4 °C	27 mm	139	0
1963	41.8 °C18 June 1963	3.0 °C28 January 1963	21.5 °C	24 mm	164	0
1962	42.5 °C11 June 1962	5.5 °C18 January 1962	21.5 °C	10 mm	168	0
1961	46.9 °C7 June 1961	3.4 °C23 January 1961	20.6 °C	51 mm	143	0
1960	41.4 °C5 July 1960	5.5 °C24 January 1960	21.5 °C	18 mm	169	0
1959	43.1 °C10 June 1959	2.8 °C7 February 1959	20.4 °C	13 mm	152	0
1958	40.6 °C27 August 1958	6.7 °C18 January 1958	21.3 °C	9 mm	169	0
1957	40.9 °C15 April 1957	2.6 °C8 January 1957	21.0 °C	40 mm	172	0
1956	42.2 °C23 July 1956	2.9 °C17 December 1956	21.0 °C	17 mm	155	0
1955	43.8 °C30 July 1955	3.7 °C7 January 1955	21.5 °C	22 mm	176	0
1954	43.5 °C20 May 1954	2.6 °C5 January 1954	21.0 °C	34 mm	167	0
1953	43.6 °C16 June 1953	0.7 °C14 January 1953	20.8 °C	27 mm	171	0
1952	41.3 °C21 May 1952	1.6 °C22 January 1952	21.4 °C	13 mm	166	0
1951	40.0 °C9 September 1951	3.1 °C30 January 1951	21.2 °C	51 mm	179	0
1950	39.5 °C12 August 1950	-0.7 °C9 February 1950	20.9 °C	34 mm	168	1
1949	40.5 °C3 June 1949	1.5 °C20 February 1949	20.0 °C	40 mm	158	0
1948	41.1 °C4 July 1948	4.0 °C29 December 1948	20.4 °C	31 mm	150	0
1947	40.0 °C27 August 1947	3.1 °C19 December 1947	21.5 °C	20 mm	171	0
1946	42.8 °C25 May 1946	2.9 °C11 February 1946	21.4 °C	25 mm	170	0
1945	42.7 °C16 August 1945	1.0 °C3 January 1945	20.5 °C	38 mm	161	0
1944	47.0 °C14 June 1944	2.8 °C10 February 1944	20.9 °C	31 mm	174	0
1943	42.3 °C24 July 1943	4.0 °C7 March 1943	20.7 °C	44 mm	162	0
1942	44.6 °C6 May 1942	-0.5 °C5 January 1942	21.2 °C	32 mm	178	1
1941	44.2 °C10 May 1941	2.7 °C29 December 1941	21.6 °C	21 mm	179	0
1940	42.9 °C18 May 1940	2.8 °C20 December 1940	20.8 °C	25 mm	173	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

176 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

11 mm

-15 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.3 °C	+2.1 °C	2 mm	-3 mm
Feb	19.2 °C	-1.4 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Mar	25.6 °C	+2.0 °C	2 mm	-3 mm
Apr	28.3 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
May	32.5 °C	+0.8 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Jun	35.0 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	37.4 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	36.3 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	33.3 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	30.2 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	+2.5 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Dec	22.5 °C	+1.8 °C	2 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.8 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

5.7 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

1.2 mm

4 May 2025

Windiest day

34.2 km/h

13 May 2025

Strongest gust

67.7 km/h

30 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.1 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.7 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

19 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ismailia?

Ismailia has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 26 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ismailia?

The hottest day measured in Ismailia between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1970, reaching 47.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ismailia?

The coldest day measured in Ismailia between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -0.7 °C.

Does it snow in Ismailia?

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

Has the climate of Ismailia warmed?

Yes: Ismailia warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ismailia?

The wettest day measured in Ismailia between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1975, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ismailia?

The windiest day measured in Ismailia between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1992, with winds reaching 54.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ismailia?

The warmest month in Ismailia is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Ismailia?

Ismailia receives on average 26 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 7 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ismailia?

Ismailia gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ismailia?

Yes: Ismailia has on average 106 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ismailia?

In Ismailia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 7 June 1961, and the lowest was -4.7 °C on 6 February 1950.

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