Ras Gharib climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ras Gharib?

Ras Gharib has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 12 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ras Gharib?

The hottest day measured in Ras Gharib between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 44.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ras Gharib?

The coldest day measured in Ras Gharib between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 1.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ras Gharib?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ras Gharib warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ras Gharib?

The wettest day measured in Ras Gharib between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1969, with 30 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ras Gharib?

The windiest day measured in Ras Gharib between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with winds reaching 54.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ras Gharib?

The warmest month in Ras Gharib is July (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ras Gharib?

Ras Gharib receives on average 12 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 2 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ras Gharib?

Ras Gharib gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ras Gharib (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 12 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 (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Ras Gharib averages 0 frost days, 145 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 2 rainy days per year.

Ras Gharib 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 44.0 °C (on 7 June 1961) and the coldest 1.2 °C (on 6 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

Ras GharibRed Sea

coords: 28.36°, 33.08°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

22.3°C

Average daily high

27.0°C

Average daily low

18.0°C

Annual rainfall

12mm

Sunshine / day

11.5h

Mean relative humidity

49%

Average peak wind

26.0km/h

Seasonal range

15.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

145 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

2 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.9 °C

Average feels-like low

15.6 °C

Average peak gust

45.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

162 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

44.0 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest day

1.2 °C

6 February 1950

Wettest day

30 mm

10 October 1969

Windiest day

54.5 km/h

12 March 2020

Strongest gust

90.0 km/h

12 March 2020

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

2 July 1995

Coldest feels-like

-4.9 °C

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.5 h

29 June 1960

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.8 °C28 July 2025	9.4 °C24 February 2025	23.7 °C	3 mm	146
2024	42.4 °C12 July 2024	8.5 °C2 February 2024	24.2 °C	4 mm	148
2023	41.3 °C2 June 2023	8.7 °C5 February 2023	23.8 °C	13 mm	152
2022	39.2 °C8 April 2022	6.3 °C22 January 2022	22.9 °C	18 mm	153
2021	41.5 °C7 August 2021	8.6 °C31 January 2021	23.6 °C	2 mm	151
2020	39.6 °C21 May 2020	6.8 °C6 January 2020	23.3 °C	15 mm	154
2019	42.1 °C17 July 2019	6.0 °C4 January 2019	23.4 °C	19 mm	163
2018	42.6 °C25 July 2018	8.1 °C11 January 2018	24.0 °C	14 mm	170
2017	40.0 °C3 July 2017	4.5 °C10 January 2017	23.1 °C	3 mm	142
2016	43.1 °C8 June 2016	6.0 °C27 January 2016	23.7 °C	7 mm	163
2015	42.9 °C27 May 2015	6.6 °C13 January 2015	23.4 °C	14 mm	156
2014	40.3 °C4 June 2014	8.2 °C29 January 2014	23.6 °C	24 mm	154
2013	41.3 °C2 June 2013	5.0 °C11 January 2013	23.2 °C	3 mm	159
2012	38.4 °C31 July 2012	5.4 °C17 January 2012	23.1 °C	7 mm	154
2011	37.9 °C25 July 2011	8.4 °C13 January 2011	22.5 °C	4 mm	141
2010	41.5 °C6 August 2010	6.5 °C14 December 2010	24.4 °C	34 mm	174
2009	39.4 °C6 June 2009	6.2 °C7 January 2009	23.0 °C	0 mm	156
2008	40.6 °C9 June 2008	3.7 °C19 January 2008	23.1 °C	5 mm	156
2007	40.1 °C10 June 2007	6.4 °C5 February 2007	22.8 °C	2 mm	145
2006	38.0 °C22 August 2006	6.2 °C19 December 2006	22.6 °C	2 mm	146
2005	39.7 °C13 June 2005	6.7 °C17 January 2005	22.6 °C	5 mm	145
2004	43.0 °C10 May 2004	6.0 °C2 January 2004	22.6 °C	2 mm	143
2003	39.0 °C29 May 2003	5.1 °C6 February 2003	22.6 °C	1 mm	161
2002	39.4 °C31 July 2002	5.6 °C5 January 2002	22.8 °C	4 mm	141
2001	39.3 °C28 May 2001	6.1 °C23 February 2001	22.6 °C	1 mm	137
2000	40.4 °C30 July 2000	5.9 °C6 January 2000	22.2 °C	2 mm	145
1999	38.0 °C16 July 1999	8.0 °C19 January 1999	22.7 °C	5 mm	145
1998	39.1 °C13 June 1998	7.1 °C13 January 1998	23.0 °C	1 mm	149
1997	39.3 °C8 June 1997	7.7 °C6 February 1997	22.3 °C	6 mm	149
1996	39.7 °C6 September 1996	5.2 °C13 January 1996	22.5 °C	5 mm	148
1995	43.1 °C2 July 1995	5.4 °C9 February 1995	22.3 °C	4 mm	146
1994	37.9 °C25 July 1994	6.2 °C22 December 1994	22.6 °C	31 mm	161
1993	40.2 °C6 June 1993	5.7 °C7 February 1993	22.4 °C	4 mm	142
1992	40.4 °C20 June 1992	5.4 °C24 February 1992	21.7 °C	2 mm	138
1991	40.5 °C15 May 1991	5.4 °C29 December 1991	22.2 °C	19 mm	141
1990	38.8 °C17 June 1990	7.9 °C8 February 1990	22.3 °C	3 mm	138
1989	40.4 °C7 June 1989	5.6 °C14 February 1989	22.2 °C	1 mm	155
1988	41.5 °C20 May 1988	5.6 °C20 January 1988	22.4 °C	22 mm	144
1987	39.1 °C7 May 1987	5.5 °C12 January 1987	22.0 °C	11 mm	138
1986	39.7 °C7 June 1986	6.6 °C28 December 1986	22.2 °C	8 mm	142
1985	39.9 °C3 June 1985	6.2 °C26 February 1985	22.5 °C	37 mm	141
1984	39.0 °C25 May 1984	7.8 °C25 January 1984	22.0 °C	2 mm	146
1983	39.8 °C11 July 1983	5.2 °C20 January 1983	21.3 °C	4 mm	135
1982	37.8 °C13 June 1982	6.9 °C6 February 1982	21.6 °C	13 mm	139
1981	39.0 °C24 April 1981	4.4 °C9 January 1981	21.9 °C	2 mm	145
1980	40.0 °C20 April 1980	7.6 °C28 January 1980	22.3 °C	27 mm	151
1979	41.6 °C24 June 1979	7.0 °C25 January 1979	22.6 °C	5 mm	153
1978	42.6 °C30 May 1978	4.2 °C7 January 1978	22.2 °C	4 mm	149
1977	40.8 °C5 June 1977	6.2 °C27 December 1977	22.1 °C	2 mm	142
1976	38.6 °C8 June 1976	5.3 °C21 January 1976	21.8 °C	4 mm	152
1975	38.2 °C28 June 1975	6.6 °C12 February 1975	21.7 °C	17 mm	131
1974	40.0 °C21 April 1974	6.6 °C24 January 1974	22.1 °C	7 mm	150
1973	39.1 °C29 July 1973	4.0 °C17 January 1973	22.1 °C	2 mm	154
1972	39.3 °C19 June 1972	7.0 °C25 January 1972	22.0 °C	7 mm	160
1971	38.2 °C24 May 1971	5.5 °C29 December 1971	22.0 °C	23 mm	141
1970	43.1 °C21 May 1970	5.8 °C29 January 1970	22.1 °C	4 mm	145
1969	41.8 °C16 June 1969	5.9 °C11 January 1969	22.5 °C	57 mm	163
1968	41.4 °C18 May 1968	5.2 °C27 January 1968	22.0 °C	5 mm	148
1967	40.0 °C21 June 1967	2.2 °C22 January 1967	21.1 °C	116 mm	129
1966	40.2 °C19 June 1966	4.6 °C13 January 1966	22.4 °C	104 mm	149
1965	41.5 °C10 June 1965	5.7 °C14 January 1965	21.9 °C	4 mm	139
1964	40.7 °C31 May 1964	4.3 °C20 January 1964	21.5 °C	6 mm	123
1963	43.4 °C7 June 1963	6.2 °C30 January 1963	22.7 °C	4 mm	165
1962	38.4 °C11 June 1962	6.3 °C23 December 1962	22.4 °C	0 mm	154
1961	44.0 °C7 June 1961	7.0 °C23 December 1961	21.4 °C	12 mm	119
1960	38.8 °C5 July 1960	6.4 °C4 January 1960	22.4 °C	2 mm	147
1959	40.9 °C10 June 1959	5.6 °C1 March 1959	21.3 °C	1 mm	117
1958	40.4 °C16 April 1958	6.9 °C28 January 1958	22.2 °C	1 mm	130
1957	37.4 °C16 April 1957	4.9 °C24 January 1957	22.1 °C	4 mm	153
1956	39.4 °C24 July 1956	4.8 °C8 February 1956	21.9 °C	9 mm	122
1955	37.9 °C30 July 1955	5.5 °C1 January 1955	22.1 °C	1 mm	137
1954	42.0 °C28 May 1954	4.2 °C4 January 1954	21.8 °C	3 mm	131
1953	39.9 °C16 June 1953	3.0 °C15 January 1953	21.5 °C	20 mm	138
1952	40.8 °C1 June 1952	4.9 °C12 January 1952	22.3 °C	6 mm	149
1951	40.7 °C17 May 1951	5.5 °C17 January 1951	22.1 °C	5 mm	155
1950	38.3 °C12 August 1950	1.2 °C6 February 1950	21.7 °C	4 mm	142
1949	38.0 °C3 June 1949	4.6 °C8 January 1949	21.0 °C	5 mm	121
1948	39.3 °C15 June 1948	4.9 °C18 February 1948	21.1 °C	5 mm	126
1947	37.7 °C17 May 1947	5.1 °C16 January 1947	22.4 °C	7 mm	141
1946	40.6 °C25 May 1946	5.1 °C17 February 1946	22.1 °C	4 mm	155
1945	39.2 °C2 August 1945	4.3 °C1 February 1945	21.3 °C	42 mm	130
1944	43.7 °C14 June 1944	4.9 °C20 January 1944	21.8 °C	6 mm	139
1943	38.4 °C15 August 1943	4.4 °C30 January 1943	21.6 °C	70 mm	126
1942	41.0 °C6 May 1942	1.3 °C7 January 1942	22.2 °C	17 mm	155
1941	40.5 °C10 May 1941	3.1 °C27 December 1941	22.2 °C	7 mm	153
1940	39.5 °C18 May 1940	4.0 °C21 December 1940	21.6 °C	14 mm	129

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.4 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

146 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3 mm

-9 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.3 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	18.2 °C	-1.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	24.5 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
May	30.5 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jun	32.0 °C	-0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	35.2 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	33.6 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	30.9 °C	-0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	28.5 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Nov	26.2 °C	+2.0 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Dec	21.4 °C	+1.1 °C	2 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.8 °C

28 Jul 2025

Coldest day

9.4 °C

24 Feb 2025

Wettest day

1.1 mm

6 Dec 2025

Windiest day

41.3 km/h

18 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

73.1 km/h

18 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.0 °C

28 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.1 °C

24 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

8 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ras Gharib?

Ras Gharib has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 12 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ras Gharib?

The hottest day measured in Ras Gharib between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 44.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ras Gharib?

The coldest day measured in Ras Gharib between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 1.2 °C.

Does it snow in Ras Gharib?

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

Has the climate of Ras Gharib warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ras Gharib?

The wettest day measured in Ras Gharib between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1969, with 30 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ras Gharib?

The windiest day measured in Ras Gharib between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with winds reaching 54.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ras Gharib?

The warmest month in Ras Gharib is July (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Ras Gharib?

Ras Gharib receives on average 12 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 2 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ras Gharib?

Ras Gharib gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ras Gharib?

Yes: Ras Gharib has on average 162 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ras Gharib?

In Ras Gharib, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 2 July 1995, and the lowest was -4.9 °C on 6 February 1950.

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