Kerdasa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kerdasa?

Kerdasa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 20 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kerdasa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 2015, reaching 46.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kerdasa?

The coldest day measured in Kerdasa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -1.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kerdasa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kerdasa warmed?

Yes: Kerdasa warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kerdasa?

The wettest day measured in Kerdasa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kerdasa?

The windiest day measured in Kerdasa between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 53.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kerdasa?

The warmest month in Kerdasa is July (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kerdasa?

Kerdasa receives on average 20 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 4 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kerdasa?

Kerdasa gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kerdasa (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 20 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 (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Kerdasa averages 0 frost days, 168 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 4 rainy days per year.

Kerdasa has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.5 °C (on 27 May 2015) and the coldest -1.8 °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

KerdasaGiza Governorate

coords: 30.03°, 31.11°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.6°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

15.7°C

Annual rainfall

20mm

Sunshine / day

11.4h

Mean relative humidity

54%

Average peak wind

20.2km/h

Seasonal range

15.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

168 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

4 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.6 °C

Average feels-like low

15.1 °C

Average peak gust

35.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

108 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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

46.5 °C

27 May 2015

Coldest day

-1.8 °C

7 February 1950

Wettest day

45 mm

12 March 2020

Windiest day

53.1 km/h

1 February 1988

Strongest gust

93.6 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest feels-like

-5.5 °C

7 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.9 h

1 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.5 °C26 May 2025	5.9 °C25 February 2025	22.8 °C	9 mm	169	0
2024	42.5 °C20 May 2024	5.8 °C1 February 2024	23.3 °C	7 mm	168	0
2023	42.4 °C6 August 2023	6.0 °C10 February 2023	23.2 °C	24 mm	186	0
2022	42.9 °C11 June 2022	3.7 °C22 January 2022	22.3 °C	24 mm	168	0
2021	41.6 °C8 May 2021	6.5 °C17 February 2021	23.1 °C	15 mm	189	0
2020	43.0 °C19 May 2020	5.1 °C25 January 2020	22.6 °C	78 mm	170	0
2019	44.4 °C23 May 2019	5.0 °C11 January 2019	22.8 °C	36 mm	182	0
2018	44.4 °C22 May 2018	7.3 °C31 January 2018	23.5 °C	15 mm	189	0
2017	40.6 °C8 June 2017	4.8 °C10 January 2017	22.6 °C	11 mm	165	0
2016	44.3 °C15 May 2016	4.7 °C28 January 2016	23.2 °C	13 mm	190	0
2015	46.5 °C27 May 2015	4.1 °C10 January 2015	22.6 °C	23 mm	173	0
2014	43.9 °C4 June 2014	7.1 °C30 December 2014	22.7 °C	10 mm	175	0
2013	44.3 °C2 June 2013	5.1 °C16 December 2013	22.3 °C	9 mm	174	0
2012	39.5 °C23 June 2012	5.2 °C8 February 2012	22.4 °C	11 mm	194	0
2011	39.9 °C10 June 2011	6.4 °C11 March 2011	21.7 °C	28 mm	160	0
2010	44.2 °C20 June 2010	7.1 °C7 February 2010	23.5 °C	9 mm	197	0
2009	39.9 °C12 July 2009	6.0 °C5 January 2009	22.6 °C	5 mm	175	0
2008	41.1 °C23 April 2008	3.8 °C19 January 2008	22.5 °C	4 mm	171	0
2007	41.9 °C27 July 2007	5.0 °C1 February 2007	22.1 °C	10 mm	187	0
2006	40.4 °C29 September 2006	5.4 °C14 January 2006	21.8 °C	10 mm	162	0
2005	40.1 °C20 June 2005	5.1 °C11 February 2005	21.7 °C	18 mm	163	0
2004	40.9 °C14 July 2004	6.2 °C20 February 2004	21.8 °C	12 mm	175	0
2003	40.2 °C29 May 2003	5.1 °C25 March 2003	22.0 °C	2 mm	181	0
2002	43.9 °C29 July 2002	5.4 °C10 January 2002	22.2 °C	12 mm	164	0
2001	41.5 °C27 May 2001	4.2 °C30 January 2001	22.1 °C	2 mm	163	0
2000	41.2 °C30 July 2000	4.1 °C31 January 2000	21.4 °C	8 mm	163	0
1999	39.9 °C19 August 1999	4.9 °C21 February 1999	22.2 °C	5 mm	175	0
1998	42.6 °C13 June 1998	6.4 °C13 January 1998	22.3 °C	11 mm	169	0
1997	42.2 °C8 June 1997	4.9 °C8 February 1997	21.5 °C	5 mm	162	0
1996	41.1 °C20 September 1996	4.2 °C20 January 1996	21.6 °C	23 mm	169	0
1995	44.0 °C1 July 1995	4.8 °C19 January 1995	21.3 °C	9 mm	156	0
1994	42.1 °C21 April 1994	6.1 °C22 December 1994	21.7 °C	38 mm	175	0
1993	41.7 °C4 June 1993	2.9 °C15 February 1993	21.3 °C	11 mm	171	0
1992	44.7 °C20 June 1992	2.8 °C26 December 1992	20.5 °C	15 mm	151	0
1991	40.9 °C12 May 1991	4.4 °C30 December 1991	20.9 °C	28 mm	164	0
1990	38.8 °C31 May 1990	6.1 °C23 February 1990	21.2 °C	14 mm	157	0
1989	40.1 °C28 May 1989	4.4 °C24 January 1989	21.2 °C	7 mm	173	0
1988	43.9 °C29 June 1988	5.4 °C19 January 1988	21.3 °C	31 mm	157	0
1987	41.4 °C27 May 1987	3.3 °C28 January 1987	20.8 °C	25 mm	145	0
1986	42.8 °C7 June 1986	6.3 °C17 January 1986	21.2 °C	20 mm	148	0
1985	40.1 °C2 June 1985	3.9 °C5 January 1985	21.4 °C	62 mm	152	0
1984	42.1 °C25 May 1984	5.9 °C25 January 1984	21.1 °C	8 mm	167	0
1983	40.5 °C10 July 1983	4.0 °C3 January 1983	20.6 °C	12 mm	152	0
1982	39.5 °C12 June 1982	4.8 °C6 February 1982	20.8 °C	16 mm	153	0
1981	42.4 °C23 April 1981	5.3 °C9 January 1981	21.0 °C	4 mm	167	0
1980	42.8 °C20 May 1980	5.2 °C7 January 1980	21.2 °C	9 mm	169	0
1979	42.4 °C23 June 1979	5.1 °C11 January 1979	21.7 °C	8 mm	178	0
1978	44.2 °C22 June 1978	2.7 °C6 January 1978	21.3 °C	22 mm	168	0
1977	43.9 °C31 May 1977	4.7 °C10 January 1977	21.3 °C	17 mm	157	0
1976	40.9 °C8 June 1976	3.4 °C26 January 1976	21.0 °C	10 mm	170	0
1975	38.7 °C28 June 1975	4.5 °C11 February 1975	21.2 °C	47 mm	170	0
1974	40.4 °C18 June 1974	3.6 °C24 January 1974	21.4 °C	34 mm	181	0
1973	41.6 °C10 June 1973	3.6 °C18 January 1973	21.1 °C	15 mm	172	0
1972	41.2 °C19 June 1972	3.7 °C29 January 1972	21.3 °C	42 mm	171	0
1971	39.7 °C18 June 1971	5.3 °C17 December 1971	21.2 °C	68 mm	160	0
1970	46.0 °C21 May 1970	2.1 °C21 December 1970	21.2 °C	19 mm	165	0
1969	44.7 °C16 June 1969	3.8 °C6 January 1969	21.4 °C	34 mm	171	0
1968	43.3 °C14 August 1968	4.2 °C15 January 1968	21.2 °C	20 mm	158	0
1967	44.3 °C21 June 1967	3.9 °C23 January 1967	20.5 °C	62 mm	147	0
1966	41.2 °C2 June 1966	2.6 °C8 January 1966	21.5 °C	70 mm	178	0
1965	44.6 °C13 June 1965	5.2 °C13 January 1965	20.9 °C	20 mm	153	0
1964	41.7 °C29 May 1964	2.9 °C19 January 1964	20.4 °C	23 mm	148	0
1963	42.3 °C18 June 1963	3.6 °C28 January 1963	21.3 °C	10 mm	164	0
1962	43.0 °C11 June 1962	5.8 °C18 January 1962	21.3 °C	5 mm	173	0
1961	45.7 °C7 June 1961	5.0 °C21 January 1961	20.5 °C	39 mm	144	0
1960	41.2 °C5 July 1960	4.1 °C4 February 1960	21.6 °C	18 mm	173	0
1959	44.0 °C10 June 1959	2.8 °C16 February 1959	20.5 °C	5 mm	147	0
1958	41.1 °C18 April 1958	4.8 °C28 January 1958	21.5 °C	9 mm	168	0
1957	40.8 °C15 April 1957	2.9 °C24 January 1957	21.3 °C	21 mm	178	0
1956	43.1 °C23 July 1956	0.7 °C10 February 1956	21.4 °C	15 mm	161	0
1955	42.6 °C30 July 1955	3.3 °C1 January 1955	21.8 °C	9 mm	178	0
1954	41.4 °C27 May 1954	0.9 °C4 January 1954	21.0 °C	25 mm	168	0
1953	42.3 °C16 June 1953	-0.2 °C14 January 1953	20.8 °C	14 mm	175	1
1952	42.2 °C24 August 1952	1.6 °C22 January 1952	21.5 °C	14 mm	168	0
1951	41.0 °C9 September 1951	3.0 °C18 January 1951	21.5 °C	23 mm	175	0
1950	39.3 °C20 April 1950	-1.8 °C7 February 1950	21.0 °C	15 mm	168	2
1949	42.0 °C3 June 1949	1.5 °C8 January 1949	20.3 °C	39 mm	162	0
1948	41.5 °C14 June 1948	2.8 °C17 March 1948	20.5 °C	18 mm	156	0
1947	39.9 °C27 June 1947	2.2 °C19 December 1947	21.8 °C	12 mm	176	0
1946	41.8 °C2 June 1946	2.1 °C18 February 1946	21.6 °C	11 mm	180	0
1945	43.0 °C23 August 1945	0.3 °C3 January 1945	20.6 °C	28 mm	160	0
1944	44.2 °C13 June 1944	2.1 °C10 February 1944	21.2 °C	16 mm	177	0
1943	42.3 °C1 October 1943	3.0 °C6 March 1943	21.0 °C	41 mm	164	0
1942	44.9 °C6 May 1942	-0.5 °C5 January 1942	21.5 °C	19 mm	182	2
1941	44.5 °C10 May 1941	2.0 °C30 December 1941	21.7 °C	22 mm	176	0
1940	41.7 °C18 July 1940	1.4 °C20 December 1940	21.0 °C	33 mm	178	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.7 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

169 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

9 mm

-11 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.1 °C	+2.5 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
Feb	18.8 °C	-1.5 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Mar	25.4 °C	+1.9 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Apr	27.9 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
May	32.2 °C	+0.1 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Jun	34.2 °C	-0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	36.6 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	35.7 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	32.9 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Oct	30.1 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Nov	26.9 °C	+2.1 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Dec	21.5 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.5 °C

26 May 2025

Coldest day

5.9 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

3.9 mm

5 Mar 2025

Windiest day

35.2 km/h

26 May 2025

Strongest gust

62.6 km/h

26 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.2 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.3 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

1 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kerdasa?

Kerdasa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 20 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kerdasa?

The hottest day measured in Kerdasa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 2015, reaching 46.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kerdasa?

The coldest day measured in Kerdasa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -1.8 °C.

Does it snow in Kerdasa?

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

Has the climate of Kerdasa warmed?

Yes: Kerdasa warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kerdasa?

The wettest day measured in Kerdasa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kerdasa?

The windiest day measured in Kerdasa between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 53.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kerdasa?

The warmest month in Kerdasa is July (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Kerdasa?

Kerdasa receives on average 20 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 4 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kerdasa?

Kerdasa gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kerdasa?

Yes: Kerdasa has on average 108 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kerdasa?

In Kerdasa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 7 June 1961, and the lowest was -5.5 °C on 7 February 1950.

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