Kafr az Zayyāt climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kafr az Zayyāt?

Kafr az Zayyāt has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 37 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kafr az Zayyāt?

The hottest day measured in Kafr az Zayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1942, reaching 46.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kafr az Zayyāt?

The coldest day measured in Kafr az Zayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -0.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kafr az Zayyāt?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kafr az Zayyāt warmed?

Yes: Kafr az Zayyāt warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kafr az Zayyāt?

The wettest day measured in Kafr az Zayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1975, with 27 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kafr az Zayyāt?

The windiest day measured in Kafr az Zayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 47.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kafr az Zayyāt?

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

Q: How much does it rain in Kafr az Zayyāt?

Kafr az Zayyāt receives on average 37 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 10 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kafr az Zayyāt?

Kafr az Zayyāt gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kafr az Zayyāt (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 37 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 az Zayyāt averages 0 frost days, 170 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 10 rainy days per year.

Kafr az Zayyāt has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.1 °C (on 6 May 1942) and the coldest -0.1 °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

Kafr az ZayyātGharbia Governorate

coords: 30.82°, 30.82°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.3°C

Average daily high

28.1°C

Average daily low

15.8°C

Annual rainfall

37mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

17.9km/h

Seasonal range

14.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

170 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

10 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.7 °C

Average feels-like low

15.9 °C

Average peak gust

36.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

106 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °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

46.1 °C

6 May 1942

Coldest day

-0.1 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

27 mm

20 February 1975

Windiest day

47.8 km/h

1 February 1988

Strongest gust

101.9 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

45.9 °C

29 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-3.5 °C

9 February 1950

Sunniest day

14.0 h

15 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.1 °C11 May 2025	5.8 °C25 February 2025	22.2 °C	17 mm	168	0
2024	41.1 °C20 May 2024	6.0 °C1 February 2024	22.7 °C	22 mm	171	0
2023	40.6 °C6 August 2023	5.8 °C9 February 2023	23.0 °C	44 mm	190	0
2022	42.6 °C11 June 2022	4.8 °C18 January 2022	22.1 °C	34 mm	170	0
2021	41.0 °C8 May 2021	6.9 °C22 January 2021	22.8 °C	41 mm	194	0
2020	43.3 °C19 May 2020	5.8 °C25 January 2020	22.4 °C	63 mm	175	0
2019	44.1 °C23 May 2019	4.3 °C10 January 2019	22.4 °C	55 mm	183	0
2018	43.4 °C22 May 2018	7.6 °C28 January 2018	23.1 °C	29 mm	189	0
2017	40.3 °C8 June 2017	3.8 °C11 January 2017	22.3 °C	14 mm	164	0
2016	43.0 °C3 June 2016	5.4 °C29 January 2016	22.8 °C	23 mm	192	0
2015	45.7 °C27 May 2015	6.1 °C16 February 2015	22.2 °C	64 mm	171	0
2014	43.1 °C4 June 2014	7.0 °C30 December 2014	22.2 °C	19 mm	166	0
2013	41.6 °C8 June 2013	5.8 °C16 December 2013	21.8 °C	30 mm	168	0
2012	38.9 °C22 May 2012	5.6 °C8 February 2012	21.9 °C	28 mm	193	0
2011	37.9 °C17 April 2011	7.1 °C12 March 2011	21.4 °C	43 mm	155	0
2010	40.7 °C21 June 2010	5.6 °C7 February 2010	22.7 °C	15 mm	180	0
2009	39.8 °C24 June 2009	5.5 °C5 January 2009	22.1 °C	18 mm	171	0
2008	39.4 °C23 April 2008	4.8 °C15 January 2008	22.0 °C	40 mm	165	0
2007	39.6 °C29 May 2007	6.4 °C25 January 2007	21.6 °C	25 mm	169	0
2006	39.3 °C29 September 2006	5.7 °C28 January 2006	21.3 °C	24 mm	158	0
2005	37.6 °C20 June 2005	5.7 °C10 February 2005	21.4 °C	14 mm	159	0
2004	38.5 °C6 May 2004	6.0 °C20 February 2004	21.4 °C	25 mm	171	0
2003	38.9 °C4 April 2003	5.9 °C11 February 2003	21.6 °C	18 mm	180	0
2002	42.0 °C17 September 2002	6.1 °C7 January 2002	21.8 °C	39 mm	157	0
2001	40.6 °C27 May 2001	4.5 °C23 December 2001	21.7 °C	9 mm	164	0
2000	40.3 °C12 April 2000	5.2 °C31 January 2000	21.1 °C	36 mm	159	0
1999	40.3 °C22 June 1999	6.0 °C21 February 1999	22.4 °C	9 mm	181	0
1998	42.4 °C15 April 1998	6.8 °C25 March 1998	22.2 °C	28 mm	178	0
1997	42.4 °C8 June 1997	4.3 °C7 February 1997	21.2 °C	37 mm	165	0
1996	41.4 °C20 September 1996	4.1 °C25 January 1996	21.3 °C	41 mm	169	0
1995	42.8 °C1 July 1995	6.3 °C27 January 1995	21.0 °C	18 mm	154	0
1994	41.2 °C20 April 1994	5.9 °C4 February 1994	21.3 °C	68 mm	170	0
1993	40.1 °C17 April 1993	3.5 °C13 January 1993	20.9 °C	26 mm	166	0
1992	40.3 °C20 June 1992	3.6 °C26 December 1992	20.1 °C	48 mm	153	0
1991	39.0 °C12 May 1991	5.2 °C28 January 1991	20.6 °C	52 mm	165	0
1990	37.9 °C31 May 1990	4.8 °C15 December 1990	20.9 °C	36 mm	159	0
1989	39.0 °C22 June 1989	4.5 °C16 February 1989	20.8 °C	32 mm	173	0
1988	43.0 °C15 May 1988	6.4 °C22 December 1988	21.0 °C	43 mm	158	0
1987	39.9 °C27 May 1987	5.0 °C16 March 1987	20.4 °C	22 mm	143	0
1986	41.8 °C7 June 1986	6.4 °C24 December 1986	21.0 °C	46 mm	143	0
1985	39.6 °C29 April 1985	4.6 °C1 January 1985	21.2 °C	63 mm	152	0
1984	40.5 °C25 May 1984	6.5 °C28 December 1984	20.9 °C	15 mm	167	0
1983	39.7 °C10 July 1983	5.2 °C21 February 1983	20.4 °C	45 mm	161	0
1982	39.1 °C12 June 1982	6.2 °C17 January 1982	20.6 °C	30 mm	156	0
1981	41.3 °C23 April 1981	6.4 °C30 January 1981	20.9 °C	16 mm	172	0
1980	42.6 °C20 May 1980	5.8 °C7 January 1980	20.9 °C	27 mm	167	0
1979	43.6 °C2 April 1979	4.4 °C17 January 1979	21.4 °C	24 mm	172	0
1978	43.9 °C22 June 1978	4.0 °C6 January 1978	21.2 °C	27 mm	174	0
1977	43.4 °C5 June 1977	4.8 °C19 December 1977	21.2 °C	26 mm	165	0
1976	40.1 °C15 April 1976	4.4 °C2 March 1976	21.0 °C	20 mm	178	0
1975	39.2 °C27 May 1975	6.0 °C12 February 1975	21.3 °C	55 mm	185	0
1974	41.3 °C18 June 1974	4.7 °C25 January 1974	21.3 °C	63 mm	187	0
1973	42.3 °C10 June 1973	3.7 °C4 January 1973	21.2 °C	18 mm	183	0
1972	41.1 °C19 June 1972	6.0 °C29 January 1972	21.5 °C	80 mm	172	0
1971	40.0 °C19 June 1971	5.6 °C17 December 1971	21.2 °C	70 mm	165	0
1970	45.3 °C21 May 1970	3.2 °C21 December 1970	21.1 °C	53 mm	171	0
1969	41.9 °C16 June 1969	5.4 °C6 January 1969	21.3 °C	48 mm	171	0
1968	40.8 °C14 August 1968	4.6 °C8 January 1968	21.0 °C	59 mm	159	0
1967	43.5 °C21 June 1967	4.2 °C24 January 1967	20.3 °C	91 mm	147	0
1966	40.2 °C2 June 1966	3.2 °C9 December 1966	21.2 °C	71 mm	175	0
1965	41.7 °C13 June 1965	5.6 °C13 January 1965	20.6 °C	54 mm	144	0
1964	41.3 °C29 May 1964	4.2 °C19 January 1964	20.2 °C	44 mm	148	0
1963	40.6 °C18 June 1963	4.0 °C28 January 1963	20.9 °C	23 mm	145	0
1962	41.5 °C11 June 1962	5.9 °C18 January 1962	20.9 °C	17 mm	162	0
1961	43.9 °C30 May 1961	5.6 °C24 January 1961	20.3 °C	67 mm	140	0
1960	39.6 °C6 May 1960	4.3 °C31 December 1960	21.4 °C	25 mm	172	0
1959	43.0 °C10 June 1959	4.3 °C16 February 1959	20.4 °C	16 mm	151	0
1958	41.3 °C14 June 1958	6.7 °C28 January 1958	21.5 °C	19 mm	179	0
1957	42.1 °C15 April 1957	4.0 °C16 January 1957	21.3 °C	44 mm	185	0
1956	44.5 °C23 July 1956	3.6 °C11 February 1956	21.4 °C	31 mm	177	0
1955	43.2 °C30 July 1955	4.0 °C1 January 1955	21.9 °C	22 mm	195	0
1954	42.0 °C27 May 1954	3.1 °C31 January 1954	21.1 °C	49 mm	173	0
1953	42.6 °C16 June 1953	1.7 °C14 January 1953	20.9 °C	41 mm	183	0
1952	42.0 °C24 August 1952	3.6 °C22 January 1952	21.5 °C	36 mm	179	0
1951	41.7 °C9 September 1951	3.8 °C18 January 1951	21.6 °C	57 mm	183	0
1950	39.9 °C20 April 1950	-0.1 °C9 February 1950	21.1 °C	40 mm	175	1
1949	42.9 °C3 June 1949	2.6 °C8 January 1949	20.5 °C	64 mm	179	0
1948	42.9 °C14 June 1948	5.6 °C11 March 1948	20.7 °C	47 mm	170	0
1947	40.6 °C27 June 1947	4.5 °C19 December 1947	21.9 °C	40 mm	189	0
1946	42.0 °C2 June 1946	3.1 °C11 February 1946	21.8 °C	39 mm	184	0
1945	43.4 °C16 August 1945	0.4 °C4 January 1945	20.8 °C	37 mm	170	0
1944	45.5 °C13 June 1944	3.4 °C12 February 1944	21.2 °C	41 mm	185	0
1943	43.7 °C30 September 1943	4.5 °C6 March 1943	21.1 °C	70 mm	173	0
1942	46.1 °C6 May 1942	0.8 °C6 January 1942	21.5 °C	29 mm	184	0
1941	45.6 °C10 May 1941	2.8 °C1 January 1941	21.7 °C	29 mm	180	0
1940	42.9 °C18 July 1940	2.3 °C24 December 1940	21.1 °C	40 mm	185	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.4 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

168 d/yr

-2

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

17 mm

-20 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.8 °C	+2.3 °C	4 mm	-4 mm
Feb	19.3 °C	-1.5 °C	1 mm	-5 mm
Mar	25.5 °C	+1.8 °C	3 mm	-3 mm
Apr	26.9 °C	-1.1 °C	2 mm	-0 mm
May	31.4 °C	-0.4 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Jun	33.5 °C	-0.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	34.7 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	34.7 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	32.8 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	30.4 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	+1.9 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Dec	22.0 °C	+0.9 °C	3 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.1 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest day

5.8 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

1.8 mm

6 Mar 2025

Windiest day

29.5 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

59.0 km/h

26 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.2 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

16 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kafr az Zayyāt?

Kafr az Zayyāt has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 37 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kafr az Zayyāt?

The hottest day measured in Kafr az Zayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1942, reaching 46.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kafr az Zayyāt?

The coldest day measured in Kafr az Zayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -0.1 °C.

Does it snow in Kafr az Zayyāt?

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

Has the climate of Kafr az Zayyāt warmed?

Yes: Kafr az Zayyāt warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kafr az Zayyāt?

The wettest day measured in Kafr az Zayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1975, with 27 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kafr az Zayyāt?

The windiest day measured in Kafr az Zayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 47.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kafr az Zayyāt?

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

How much does it rain in Kafr az Zayyāt?

Kafr az Zayyāt receives on average 37 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 10 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kafr az Zayyāt?

Kafr az Zayyāt gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kafr az Zayyāt?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kafr az Zayyāt?

In Kafr az Zayyāt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 29 July 2002, and the lowest was -3.5 °C on 9 February 1950.

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