Safaga climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Safaga?

Safaga has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 12 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Safaga between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1963, reaching 42.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Safaga?

The coldest day measured in Safaga between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 5.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Safaga?

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

Q: Has the climate of Safaga warmed?

Yes: Safaga warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Safaga?

The wettest day measured in Safaga between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2016, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Safaga?

The windiest day measured in Safaga between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2010, with winds reaching 48.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Safaga?

The warmest month in Safaga is August (31.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Safaga?

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

Q: Is it sunny in Safaga?

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

Safaga (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.8 °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 August (31.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Safaga averages 0 frost days, 156 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 2 rainy days per year.

Safaga has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.7 °C (on 7 June 1963) and the coldest 5.8 °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

SafagaRed Sea

coords: 26.75°, 33.94°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

24.8°C

Average daily high

27.8°C

Average daily low

21.9°C

Annual rainfall

12mm

Sunshine / day

11.5h

Mean relative humidity

46%

Average peak wind

24.0km/h

Seasonal range

13.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

156 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

2 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.0 °C

Average feels-like low

19.7 °C

Average peak gust

39.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

224 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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

42.7 °C

7 June 1963

Coldest day

5.8 °C

6 February 1950

Wettest day

46 mm

27 October 2016

Windiest day

48.9 km/h

18 March 2010

Strongest gust

79.2 km/h

18 March 2010

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

30 May 1978

Coldest feels-like

-1.2 °C

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.2 h

29 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.6 °C14 August 2025	13.0 °C24 February 2025	25.9 °C	12 mm	151
2024	37.6 °C12 July 2024	13.1 °C2 February 2024	26.4 °C	8 mm	161
2023	38.5 °C8 September 2023	13.9 °C14 February 2023	26.1 °C	6 mm	162
2022	36.1 °C9 August 2022	11.2 °C27 January 2022	25.4 °C	6 mm	155
2021	37.5 °C3 July 2021	12.2 °C17 February 2021	26.0 °C	1 mm	167
2020	36.8 °C31 July 2020	11.6 °C6 January 2020	25.6 °C	7 mm	168
2019	37.1 °C17 July 2019	12.2 °C7 January 2019	25.6 °C	5 mm	172
2018	36.7 °C10 May 2018	13.3 °C26 January 2018	26.1 °C	4 mm	164
2017	37.1 °C18 July 2017	11.6 °C10 January 2017	25.5 °C	1 mm	144
2016	38.2 °C8 June 2016	11.0 °C27 January 2016	26.0 °C	46 mm	164
2015	38.3 °C8 August 2015	10.2 °C11 January 2015	25.8 °C	17 mm	174
2014	36.6 °C12 July 2014	14.2 °C10 January 2014	25.9 °C	17 mm	157
2013	36.4 °C3 June 2013	11.5 °C12 December 2013	25.5 °C	8 mm	154
2012	36.5 °C19 July 2012	11.7 °C16 January 2012	25.4 °C	3 mm	158
2011	35.5 °C3 August 2011	13.7 °C18 January 2011	24.9 °C	0 mm	147
2010	38.2 °C22 June 2010	12.9 °C7 February 2010	26.6 °C	44 mm	173
2009	35.4 °C13 July 2009	12.3 °C31 January 2009	25.1 °C	1 mm	153
2008	36.8 °C29 August 2008	10.6 °C19 February 2008	25.3 °C	9 mm	151
2007	37.9 °C28 July 2007	10.7 °C5 February 2007	24.9 °C	0 mm	147
2006	36.1 °C5 June 2006	11.8 °C28 December 2006	24.8 °C	1 mm	149
2005	35.8 °C16 August 2005	11.3 °C19 January 2005	24.8 °C	0 mm	134
2004	38.2 °C10 May 2004	10.9 °C15 February 2004	24.9 °C	1 mm	149
2003	35.7 °C11 August 2003	11.3 °C25 February 2003	25.0 °C	0 mm	167
2002	37.9 °C31 July 2002	9.7 °C7 January 2002	25.1 °C	1 mm	141
2001	37.5 °C10 August 2001	12.7 °C19 February 2001	24.9 °C	0 mm	148
2000	38.7 °C30 July 2000	10.7 °C28 January 2000	24.7 °C	1 mm	148
1999	37.0 °C20 August 1999	12.6 °C8 February 1999	25.3 °C	1 mm	158
1998	36.8 °C12 August 1998	11.8 °C13 January 1998	25.3 °C	1 mm	167
1997	36.0 °C22 June 1997	11.7 °C6 February 1997	24.6 °C	8 mm	149
1996	36.7 °C4 July 1996	10.9 °C19 January 1996	25.0 °C	12 mm	165
1995	38.0 °C2 July 1995	10.9 °C9 February 1995	24.8 °C	2 mm	155
1994	35.9 °C15 August 1994	11.8 °C4 December 1994	24.9 °C	15 mm	172
1993	37.1 °C30 August 1993	9.7 °C4 February 1993	24.7 °C	13 mm	167
1992	36.6 °C5 September 1992	8.9 °C5 February 1992	24.0 °C	2 mm	157
1991	35.8 °C22 June 1991	10.1 °C29 December 1991	24.7 °C	0 mm	165
1990	36.6 °C4 August 1990	12.3 °C21 February 1990	24.8 °C	3 mm	162
1989	36.5 °C7 June 1989	9.3 °C9 January 1989	24.5 °C	2 mm	162
1988	37.8 °C30 June 1988	11.6 °C19 January 1988	24.8 °C	1 mm	151
1987	38.8 °C10 August 1987	10.2 °C7 January 1987	24.6 °C	10 mm	148
1986	37.8 °C11 June 1986	10.7 °C28 December 1986	24.6 °C	6 mm	149
1985	37.0 °C24 August 1985	9.9 °C26 February 1985	24.9 °C	15 mm	155
1984	35.9 °C26 May 1984	11.7 °C14 January 1984	24.5 °C	0 mm	168
1983	37.4 °C2 August 1983	10.0 °C29 January 1983	23.8 °C	0 mm	142
1982	36.1 °C13 August 1982	11.3 °C7 February 1982	23.9 °C	3 mm	148
1981	37.4 °C4 August 1981	10.1 °C31 January 1981	24.5 °C	0 mm	173
1980	37.0 °C1 July 1980	11.6 °C11 December 1980	24.7 °C	2 mm	171
1979	36.8 °C24 June 1979	11.2 °C9 January 1979	25.1 °C	11 mm	164
1978	39.9 °C30 May 1978	10.3 °C11 January 1978	24.6 °C	0 mm	165
1977	37.8 °C15 August 1977	10.8 °C27 December 1977	24.5 °C	0 mm	150
1976	36.5 °C27 June 1976	9.9 °C21 January 1976	24.3 °C	1 mm	159
1975	35.7 °C28 June 1975	11.8 °C4 January 1975	24.1 °C	10 mm	141
1974	37.5 °C6 August 1974	10.2 °C24 January 1974	24.4 °C	4 mm	170
1973	37.1 °C26 July 1973	9.6 °C15 January 1973	24.6 °C	1 mm	170
1972	36.7 °C4 August 1972	10.9 °C8 February 1972	24.4 °C	6 mm	167
1971	36.2 °C7 August 1971	9.9 °C29 December 1971	24.4 °C	33 mm	165
1970	36.9 °C21 May 1970	11.3 °C23 January 1970	24.7 °C	3 mm	165
1969	37.7 °C27 August 1969	10.1 °C29 January 1969	25.1 °C	4 mm	160
1968	38.3 °C17 July 1968	9.6 °C16 January 1968	24.6 °C	18 mm	154
1967	36.8 °C16 July 1967	10.5 °C20 January 1967	23.8 °C	243 mm	144
1966	38.1 °C10 June 1966	11.1 °C11 January 1966	24.9 °C	102 mm	167
1965	37.9 °C10 June 1965	11.5 °C13 January 1965	24.3 °C	3 mm	145
1964	36.4 °C17 July 1964	10.3 °C19 January 1964	24.1 °C	6 mm	132
1963	42.7 °C7 June 1963	11.0 °C29 January 1963	25.2 °C	10 mm	166
1962	37.4 °C10 August 1962	10.2 °C27 January 1962	25.0 °C	1 mm	160
1961	38.3 °C31 May 1961	11.3 °C11 February 1961	24.1 °C	24 mm	139
1960	36.6 °C16 August 1960	11.2 °C25 January 1960	25.0 °C	1 mm	169
1959	36.2 °C10 June 1959	9.3 °C16 February 1959	24.1 °C	1 mm	142
1958	37.8 °C26 May 1958	11.3 °C28 January 1958	25.0 °C	0 mm	154
1957	36.8 °C3 August 1957	10.2 °C3 February 1957	24.7 °C	4 mm	158
1956	38.0 °C8 August 1956	10.3 °C21 December 1956	24.5 °C	0 mm	138
1955	36.8 °C31 July 1955	11.2 °C26 December 1955	24.7 °C	2 mm	153
1954	36.7 °C22 August 1954	8.3 °C12 January 1954	24.4 °C	6 mm	151
1953	37.6 °C6 July 1953	8.7 °C16 January 1953	24.0 °C	28 mm	148
1952	37.6 °C26 August 1952	10.5 °C23 December 1952	24.7 °C	5 mm	161
1951	36.0 °C11 September 1951	11.2 °C17 January 1951	24.6 °C	1 mm	162
1950	35.9 °C22 August 1950	5.8 °C6 February 1950	24.2 °C	5 mm	155
1949	35.8 °C21 June 1949	8.2 °C8 February 1949	23.6 °C	4 mm	152
1948	36.5 °C15 June 1948	10.2 °C4 January 1948	23.8 °C	2 mm	135
1947	36.2 °C16 July 1947	10.5 °C20 January 1947	24.9 °C	26 mm	152
1946	35.2 °C3 June 1946	9.7 °C17 February 1946	24.5 °C	5 mm	156
1945	36.8 °C24 August 1945	8.5 °C1 February 1945	23.9 °C	14 mm	142
1944	37.5 °C22 June 1944	9.7 °C20 January 1944	24.2 °C	8 mm	145
1943	37.1 °C11 August 1943	10.2 °C30 January 1943	24.1 °C	96 mm	139
1942	35.6 °C23 June 1942	6.5 °C3 January 1942	24.6 °C	7 mm	164
1941	36.3 °C19 June 1941	9.2 °C27 December 1941	24.5 °C	3 mm	149
1940	36.7 °C19 July 1940	9.9 °C31 December 1940	24.3 °C	3 mm	147

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.1 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

151 d/yr

-5

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

13 mm

+1 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	22.2 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	20.5 °C	-1.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	24.4 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	27.4 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
May	30.2 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jun	31.7 °C	-1.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	33.8 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	34.4 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	31.8 °C	-0.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	29.6 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Nov	27.4 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Dec	22.9 °C	+0.8 °C	13 mm	+11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.6 °C

14 Aug 2025

Coldest day

13.0 °C

24 Feb 2025

Wettest day

12.2 mm

6 Dec 2025

Windiest day

41.6 km/h

10 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

67.3 km/h

10 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.2 °C

14 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.0 °C

24 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.1 h

19 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Safaga?

Safaga has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 12 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Safaga?

The hottest day measured in Safaga between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1963, reaching 42.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Safaga?

The coldest day measured in Safaga between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 5.8 °C.

Does it snow in Safaga?

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

Has the climate of Safaga warmed?

Yes: Safaga warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Safaga?

The wettest day measured in Safaga between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2016, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Safaga?

The windiest day measured in Safaga between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2010, with winds reaching 48.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Safaga?

The warmest month in Safaga is August (31.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Safaga?

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

Is it sunny in Safaga?

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

Are there tropical nights in Safaga?

Yes: Safaga has on average 224 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Safaga?

In Safaga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 30 May 1978, and the lowest was -1.2 °C on 6 February 1950.

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