Maghāghah climate — normals and trends
Maghāghah has a hot desert climate, averaging 22.6 °C annually with 10 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
MaghāghahMinya Governorate
- coords
- 28.65°, 30.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
22.6°C
Average daily high
28.9°C
Average daily low
16.5°C
Annual rainfall
10mm
Sunshine / day
11.5h
Mean relative humidity
46%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
16.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
181 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
2 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.5 °C
Average feels-like low
15.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
140 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
46.9 °C
7 June 1961
Coldest day
-1.3 °C
14 January 1953
Wettest day
33 mm
20 February 1975
Windiest day
46.9 km/h
13 March 2020
Strongest gust
78.8 km/h
1 February 1988
Hottest feels-like
46.7 °C
1 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-5.2 °C
14 January 1953
Sunniest day
13.8 h
30 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 19.4 °C | -1.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 26.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 29.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 33.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 34.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 37.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 36.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 33.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 30.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 27.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 21.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Maghāghah (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 10 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 (30.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Maghāghah averages 0 frost days, 181 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 2 rainy days per year.
Maghāghah has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.9 °C (on 7 June 1961) and the coldest -1.3 °C (on 14 January 1953).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Maghāghah?
Maghāghah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 10 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maghāghah?
The hottest day measured in Maghāghah between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 46.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Maghāghah?
The coldest day measured in Maghāghah between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1953, at -1.3 °C.
Does it snow in Maghāghah?
Almost never: Maghāghah sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Maghāghah warmed?
Yes: Maghāghah warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Maghāghah?
The wettest day measured in Maghāghah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1975, with 33 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Maghāghah?
The windiest day measured in Maghāghah between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2020, with winds reaching 46.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Maghāghah?
The warmest month in Maghāghah is July (30.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Maghāghah?
Maghāghah receives on average 10 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 2 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Maghāghah?
Maghāghah gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Maghāghah?
Yes: Maghāghah has on average 140 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maghāghah?
In Maghāghah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.7 °C on 1 July 1995, and the lowest was -5.2 °C on 14 January 1953.
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