Kafr ash Shaykh climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kafr ash Shaykh?

Kafr ash Shaykh has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 51 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kafr ash Shaykh?

The hottest day measured in Kafr ash Shaykh between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1942, reaching 46.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kafr ash Shaykh?

The coldest day measured in Kafr ash Shaykh between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at 0.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kafr ash Shaykh?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kafr ash Shaykh warmed?

Yes: Kafr ash Shaykh warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kafr ash Shaykh?

The wettest day measured in Kafr ash Shaykh between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 2015, with 37 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kafr ash Shaykh?

The windiest day measured in Kafr ash Shaykh between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 47.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kafr ash Shaykh?

The warmest month in Kafr ash Shaykh is August (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kafr ash Shaykh?

Kafr ash Shaykh receives on average 51 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kafr ash Shaykh?

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

Kafr ash Shaykh (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 51 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 (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kafr ash Shaykh averages 0 frost days, 169 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 14 rainy days per year.

Kafr ash Shaykh has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.7 °C (on 6 May 1942) and the coldest 0.2 °C (on 7 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

Kafr ash ShaykhKafr el-Sheikh Governorate

coords: 31.11°, 30.94°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.2°C

Average daily high

28.1°C

Average daily low

15.9°C

Annual rainfall

51mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

17.5km/h

Seasonal range

14.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

169 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

14 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.7 °C

Average feels-like low

16.1 °C

Average peak gust

36.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

109 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °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

46.7 °C

6 May 1942

Coldest day

0.2 °C

7 February 1950

Wettest day

37 mm

4 November 2015

Windiest day

47.7 km/h

26 March 1967

Strongest gust

100.1 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

29 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-3.2 °C

4 January 1945

Sunniest day

14.0 h

14 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.3 °C11 May 2025	5.7 °C26 February 2025	22.3 °C	21 mm	171
2024	41.5 °C7 June 2024	5.4 °C1 February 2024	22.8 °C	38 mm	177
2023	40.3 °C6 August 2023	6.0 °C9 February 2023	22.9 °C	49 mm	193
2022	42.3 °C11 June 2022	4.3 °C18 January 2022	22.1 °C	47 mm	167
2021	41.6 °C8 May 2021	7.2 °C22 January 2021	22.8 °C	61 mm	194
2020	43.6 °C19 May 2020	6.1 °C26 January 2020	22.4 °C	83 mm	178
2019	44.6 °C23 May 2019	4.4 °C10 January 2019	22.2 °C	88 mm	183
2018	42.9 °C22 May 2018	7.7 °C7 January 2018	23.1 °C	44 mm	185
2017	41.2 °C8 June 2017	3.9 °C11 January 2017	22.5 °C	17 mm	169
2016	43.2 °C14 May 2016	6.2 °C26 January 2016	22.7 °C	20 mm	192
2015	44.5 °C27 May 2015	6.2 °C15 January 2015	22.1 °C	111 mm	170
2014	43.0 °C4 June 2014	7.0 °C30 December 2014	22.0 °C	24 mm	164
2013	41.5 °C2 June 2013	5.7 °C13 December 2013	21.7 °C	40 mm	165
2012	38.2 °C22 May 2012	5.7 °C8 February 2012	21.8 °C	39 mm	191
2011	38.7 °C10 October 2011	7.0 °C12 March 2011	21.3 °C	77 mm	154
2010	40.5 °C21 June 2010	5.2 °C7 February 2010	22.6 °C	20 mm	178
2009	40.0 °C18 October 2009	5.6 °C5 January 2009	22.0 °C	37 mm	175
2008	39.8 °C23 April 2008	5.8 °C15 January 2008	21.9 °C	47 mm	167
2007	39.5 °C29 May 2007	7.2 °C24 January 2007	21.5 °C	34 mm	171
2006	39.6 °C29 September 2006	6.0 °C31 January 2006	21.2 °C	47 mm	154
2005	37.9 °C26 September 2005	5.2 °C10 February 2005	21.3 °C	20 mm	158
2004	37.8 °C6 May 2004	6.3 °C17 February 2004	21.3 °C	40 mm	170
2003	38.9 °C11 September 2003	5.3 °C11 February 2003	21.4 °C	26 mm	178
2002	42.0 °C17 September 2002	6.1 °C7 January 2002	21.7 °C	64 mm	157
2001	40.3 °C27 May 2001	4.9 °C23 December 2001	21.7 °C	21 mm	166
2000	40.6 °C12 April 2000	4.9 °C31 January 2000	21.1 °C	50 mm	164
1999	40.7 °C22 June 1999	6.5 °C22 February 1999	22.4 °C	15 mm	189
1998	42.9 °C15 April 1998	6.6 °C25 March 1998	22.1 °C	46 mm	176
1997	41.7 °C8 June 1997	4.6 °C7 February 1997	21.1 °C	47 mm	166
1996	41.7 °C20 September 1996	3.3 °C25 January 1996	21.2 °C	57 mm	169
1995	41.7 °C1 July 1995	6.1 °C27 January 1995	20.9 °C	33 mm	155
1994	41.2 °C20 April 1994	5.9 °C4 February 1994	21.3 °C	84 mm	170
1993	40.1 °C17 April 1993	3.0 °C13 January 1993	20.8 °C	40 mm	167
1992	39.0 °C20 June 1992	4.0 °C10 February 1992	19.9 °C	62 mm	148
1991	38.8 °C8 May 1991	5.3 °C28 January 1991	20.4 °C	69 mm	160
1990	37.9 °C27 April 1990	4.8 °C15 December 1990	20.7 °C	41 mm	155
1989	39.0 °C28 May 1989	5.0 °C23 January 1989	20.6 °C	45 mm	169
1988	43.1 °C15 May 1988	5.9 °C21 December 1988	20.8 °C	62 mm	155
1987	39.9 °C27 May 1987	4.8 °C16 March 1987	20.3 °C	34 mm	140
1986	41.5 °C7 June 1986	6.2 °C24 December 1986	20.9 °C	48 mm	143
1985	39.3 °C29 April 1985	4.5 °C1 January 1985	21.0 °C	68 mm	153
1984	40.3 °C25 May 1984	6.1 °C17 February 1984	20.7 °C	25 mm	164
1983	39.6 °C1 August 1983	4.8 °C21 February 1983	20.2 °C	60 mm	153
1982	37.9 °C12 June 1982	5.9 °C17 January 1982	20.4 °C	43 mm	152
1981	41.0 °C23 April 1981	6.1 °C9 January 1981	20.8 °C	17 mm	176
1980	42.2 °C20 May 1980	6.1 °C4 March 1980	20.8 °C	43 mm	163
1979	43.6 °C2 April 1979	5.2 °C17 January 1979	21.2 °C	24 mm	168
1978	44.1 °C27 May 1978	3.9 °C6 January 1978	21.1 °C	39 mm	176
1977	43.2 °C5 June 1977	5.1 °C19 December 1977	21.1 °C	38 mm	164
1976	40.5 °C15 April 1976	4.2 °C2 March 1976	20.9 °C	27 mm	176
1975	39.2 °C15 June 1975	5.2 °C12 February 1975	21.1 °C	52 mm	181
1974	41.5 °C18 June 1974	5.6 °C2 February 1974	21.2 °C	94 mm	186
1973	42.8 °C10 June 1973	3.6 °C4 January 1973	21.2 °C	34 mm	184
1972	41.7 °C19 June 1972	6.3 °C5 February 1972	21.3 °C	95 mm	169
1971	39.9 °C19 June 1971	5.8 °C17 December 1971	21.2 °C	91 mm	165
1970	46.0 °C21 May 1970	3.0 °C21 December 1970	21.1 °C	57 mm	167
1969	42.8 °C16 June 1969	5.3 °C6 January 1969	21.3 °C	70 mm	167
1968	40.7 °C14 August 1968	4.7 °C8 January 1968	21.0 °C	65 mm	162
1967	42.6 °C21 June 1967	4.1 °C24 January 1967	20.3 °C	99 mm	149
1966	40.5 °C2 June 1966	3.5 °C9 December 1966	21.2 °C	77 mm	177
1965	41.5 °C13 June 1965	6.1 °C13 January 1965	20.5 °C	73 mm	144
1964	41.6 °C29 May 1964	4.3 °C7 January 1964	20.2 °C	66 mm	145
1963	40.4 °C18 June 1963	3.8 °C28 January 1963	20.9 °C	32 mm	147
1962	41.7 °C11 June 1962	6.6 °C23 February 1962	20.9 °C	23 mm	163
1961	43.4 °C30 May 1961	5.1 °C24 January 1961	20.2 °C	104 mm	144
1960	39.6 °C6 May 1960	4.9 °C31 December 1960	21.4 °C	35 mm	170
1959	42.4 °C10 June 1959	4.6 °C16 February 1959	20.3 °C	20 mm	152
1958	40.9 °C14 June 1958	6.8 °C28 January 1958	21.4 °C	24 mm	175
1957	42.7 °C15 April 1957	3.9 °C16 January 1957	21.1 °C	70 mm	182
1956	43.7 °C23 July 1956	4.6 °C21 December 1956	21.2 °C	37 mm	172
1955	42.9 °C30 July 1955	4.8 °C1 January 1955	21.8 °C	37 mm	193
1954	41.0 °C27 May 1954	3.8 °C1 February 1954	21.0 °C	61 mm	167
1953	43.3 °C16 June 1953	1.9 °C14 January 1953	20.8 °C	56 mm	177
1952	41.4 °C24 August 1952	3.9 °C22 January 1952	21.4 °C	41 mm	178
1951	41.4 °C9 September 1951	4.5 °C18 January 1951	21.4 °C	80 mm	181
1950	40.6 °C20 April 1950	0.2 °C7 February 1950	21.0 °C	48 mm	175
1949	43.2 °C3 June 1949	2.7 °C3 January 1949	20.3 °C	87 mm	172
1948	43.1 °C14 June 1948	5.4 °C1 March 1948	20.6 °C	60 mm	169
1947	40.9 °C4 September 1947	5.0 °C19 December 1947	21.7 °C	48 mm	187
1946	42.5 °C2 June 1946	3.7 °C11 February 1946	21.7 °C	49 mm	182
1945	43.2 °C1 August 1945	0.8 °C4 January 1945	20.7 °C	56 mm	169
1944	46.4 °C14 June 1944	3.6 °C20 February 1944	21.1 °C	51 mm	181
1943	43.5 °C30 September 1943	4.9 °C6 March 1943	21.0 °C	82 mm	169
1942	46.7 °C6 May 1942	1.4 °C5 January 1942	21.3 °C	41 mm	182
1941	46.0 °C10 May 1941	3.3 °C1 January 1941	21.6 °C	46 mm	177
1940	42.7 °C18 July 1940	3.3 °C20 December 1940	21.0 °C	46 mm	182

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.6 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

171 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

21 mm

-30 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.9 °C	+2.4 °C	2 mm	-8 mm
Feb	19.2 °C	-1.5 °C	2 mm	-7 mm
Mar	25.4 °C	+1.8 °C	3 mm	-5 mm
Apr	26.9 °C	-1.0 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
May	31.5 °C	-0.1 °C	6 mm	+4 mm
Jun	33.8 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	34.9 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	35.1 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	33.4 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	30.6 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Nov	27.8 °C	+2.1 °C	3 mm	-4 mm
Dec	22.1 °C	+0.9 °C	5 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.3 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest day

5.7 °C

26 Feb 2025

Wettest day

3.4 mm

3 May 2025

Windiest day

29.6 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

13 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.6 °C

26 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

14 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kafr ash Shaykh?

Kafr ash Shaykh has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 51 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kafr ash Shaykh?

The hottest day measured in Kafr ash Shaykh between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1942, reaching 46.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kafr ash Shaykh?

The coldest day measured in Kafr ash Shaykh between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at 0.2 °C.

Does it snow in Kafr ash Shaykh?

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

Has the climate of Kafr ash Shaykh warmed?

Yes: Kafr ash Shaykh warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kafr ash Shaykh?

The wettest day measured in Kafr ash Shaykh between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 2015, with 37 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kafr ash Shaykh?

The windiest day measured in Kafr ash Shaykh between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 47.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kafr ash Shaykh?

The warmest month in Kafr ash Shaykh is August (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Kafr ash Shaykh?

Kafr ash Shaykh receives on average 51 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kafr ash Shaykh?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kafr ash Shaykh?

Yes: Kafr ash Shaykh has on average 109 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kafr ash Shaykh?

In Kafr ash Shaykh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 29 July 2002, and the lowest was -3.2 °C on 4 January 1945.

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