Sīdī Barānī climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sīdī Barānī?

Sīdī Barānī has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 89 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sīdī Barānī?

The hottest day measured in Sīdī Barānī between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1961, reaching 42.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sīdī Barānī?

The coldest day measured in Sīdī Barānī between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1945, at 2.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sīdī Barānī?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sīdī Barānī warmed?

Yes: Sīdī Barānī warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sīdī Barānī?

The wettest day measured in Sīdī Barānī between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1991, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sīdī Barānī?

The windiest day measured in Sīdī Barānī between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2004, with winds reaching 66.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sīdī Barānī?

The warmest month in Sīdī Barānī is August (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sīdī Barānī?

Sīdī Barānī receives on average 89 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 23 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sīdī Barānī?

Sīdī Barānī gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sīdī Barānī (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 89 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 (26.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Sīdī Barānī averages 0 frost days, 59 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 23 rainy days per year.

Sīdī Barānī has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 6 June 1961) and the coldest 2.3 °C (on 10 January 1945).

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

Sīdī BarānīMatruh Governorate

coords: 31.61°, 25.93°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.1°C

Average daily high

24.1°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

89mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

24.0km/h

Seasonal range

13.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

59 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

23 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

23.1 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

37.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

121 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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

42.6 °C

6 June 1961

Coldest day

2.3 °C

10 January 1945

Wettest day

50 mm

2 November 1991

Windiest day

66.1 km/h

22 January 2004

Strongest gust

96.8 km/h

22 January 2004

Hottest feels-like

42.7 °C

12 August 2002

Coldest feels-like

-3.3 °C

20 February 1942

Sunniest day

13.5 h

14 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.8 °C25 May 2025	7.4 °C25 February 2025	21.3 °C	60 mm	92
2024	39.9 °C19 May 2024	7.8 °C31 January 2024	21.7 °C	90 mm	118
2023	38.0 °C5 August 2023	8.7 °C7 February 2023	21.2 °C	109 mm	78
2022	37.4 °C29 September 2022	6.6 °C26 January 2022	20.7 °C	82 mm	81
2021	40.5 °C8 May 2021	6.0 °C10 February 2021	21.2 °C	76 mm	96
2020	35.9 °C16 June 2020	6.0 °C13 January 2020	20.5 °C	132 mm	96
2019	42.2 °C16 July 2019	5.4 °C19 January 2019	20.7 °C	71 mm	99
2018	39.7 °C21 May 2018	7.3 °C20 January 2018	21.4 °C	73 mm	87
2017	35.9 °C9 May 2017	5.0 °C11 January 2017	20.4 °C	63 mm	79
2016	39.3 °C14 June 2016	7.1 °C26 January 2016	21.2 °C	68 mm	95
2015	37.9 °C14 August 2015	6.3 °C3 January 2015	20.7 °C	100 mm	90
2014	40.2 °C11 July 2014	8.3 °C14 January 2014	21.0 °C	56 mm	65
2013	39.1 °C29 May 2013	7.0 °C10 February 2013	20.9 °C	58 mm	72
2012	34.1 °C16 September 2012	6.0 °C11 February 2012	20.8 °C	67 mm	85
2011	38.5 °C24 July 2011	8.2 °C26 December 2011	20.2 °C	109 mm	65
2010	38.7 °C21 June 2010	8.9 °C6 February 2010	21.5 °C	23 mm	82
2009	36.1 °C23 June 2009	7.0 °C4 January 2009	20.8 °C	56 mm	69
2008	37.8 °C22 April 2008	6.1 °C18 February 2008	21.1 °C	82 mm	89
2007	37.9 °C9 June 2007	8.1 °C8 February 2007	20.7 °C	68 mm	68
2006	36.7 °C28 September 2006	7.2 °C13 January 2006	20.4 °C	73 mm	62
2005	36.3 °C15 September 2005	6.0 °C21 January 2005	20.4 °C	79 mm	53
2004	38.4 °C18 June 2004	5.4 °C14 February 2004	20.6 °C	38 mm	66
2003	37.9 °C10 September 2003	7.3 °C25 December 2003	20.6 °C	62 mm	86
2002	39.4 °C12 August 2002	6.1 °C7 January 2002	20.7 °C	66 mm	71
2001	36.3 °C23 August 2001	7.2 °C21 December 2001	20.6 °C	50 mm	76
2000	35.6 °C12 April 2000	8.0 °C2 March 2000	20.1 °C	118 mm	54
1999	33.8 °C18 September 1999	6.8 °C15 February 1999	20.8 °C	38 mm	70
1998	38.6 °C15 September 1998	7.3 °C22 December 1998	20.5 °C	102 mm	75
1997	37.4 °C26 July 1997	7.4 °C6 February 1997	20.0 °C	82 mm	50
1996	40.7 °C5 September 1996	7.4 °C20 January 1996	20.1 °C	106 mm	52
1995	41.1 °C14 June 1995	6.0 °C8 January 1995	20.2 °C	56 mm	78
1994	38.1 °C19 May 1994	7.5 °C14 January 1994	20.3 °C	129 mm	60
1993	39.6 °C16 September 1993	7.6 °C17 February 1993	20.2 °C	74 mm	53
1992	37.0 °C11 July 1992	5.6 °C24 February 1992	19.6 °C	104 mm	39
1991	35.3 °C7 May 1991	7.5 °C6 February 1991	19.9 °C	165 mm	38
1990	37.0 °C14 June 1990	9.1 °C26 January 1990	20.4 °C	70 mm	44
1989	39.5 °C10 September 1989	6.2 °C25 January 1989	20.2 °C	51 mm	48
1988	39.9 °C28 June 1988	7.0 °C19 January 1988	20.3 °C	156 mm	84
1987	36.3 °C26 May 1987	6.0 °C11 January 1987	19.9 °C	66 mm	42
1986	37.3 °C6 June 1986	7.9 °C26 December 1986	20.3 °C	63 mm	57
1985	39.9 °C29 April 1985	7.6 °C1 January 1985	20.4 °C	149 mm	49
1984	37.1 °C1 June 1984	6.5 °C14 February 1984	20.0 °C	47 mm	34
1983	36.6 °C9 July 1983	6.5 °C8 February 1983	19.6 °C	123 mm	34
1982	38.2 °C7 October 1982	8.2 °C6 February 1982	19.9 °C	61 mm	48
1981	38.5 °C23 April 1981	4.6 °C30 January 1981	20.1 °C	51 mm	39
1980	38.0 °C30 May 1980	8.0 °C4 March 1980	19.8 °C	49 mm	35
1979	39.8 °C2 April 1979	7.2 °C5 January 1979	20.3 °C	65 mm	47
1978	37.4 °C26 May 1978	6.2 °C12 January 1978	19.7 °C	114 mm	36
1977	37.8 °C28 May 1977	6.4 °C19 December 1977	19.9 °C	108 mm	60
1976	38.5 °C17 September 1976	4.6 °C15 February 1976	19.4 °C	73 mm	26
1975	35.7 °C10 June 1975	6.3 °C11 February 1975	19.5 °C	122 mm	25
1974	36.2 °C17 June 1974	4.3 °C25 January 1974	19.8 °C	117 mm	37
1973	36.6 °C9 June 1973	5.3 °C19 January 1973	19.7 °C	74 mm	29
1972	38.0 °C28 September 1972	6.3 °C29 January 1972	19.9 °C	174 mm	57
1971	37.6 °C5 June 1971	7.1 °C19 January 1971	19.9 °C	81 mm	47
1970	39.3 °C12 May 1970	7.0 °C26 December 1970	19.9 °C	62 mm	48
1969	41.9 °C15 June 1969	5.9 °C5 January 1969	19.9 °C	154 mm	38
1968	41.7 °C13 August 1968	6.0 °C19 December 1968	20.0 °C	138 mm	47
1967	36.3 °C6 September 1967	6.2 °C25 December 1967	19.5 °C	108 mm	42
1966	37.1 °C2 June 1966	6.1 °C10 January 1966	20.3 °C	121 mm	48
1965	39.7 °C5 June 1965	7.0 °C9 February 1965	19.7 °C	80 mm	47
1964	35.0 °C11 August 1964	4.8 °C7 January 1964	19.8 °C	147 mm	29
1963	40.3 °C17 June 1963	5.4 °C2 February 1963	20.3 °C	74 mm	48
1962	34.9 °C22 March 1962	7.1 °C4 February 1962	20.3 °C	105 mm	51
1961	42.6 °C6 June 1961	7.6 °C10 February 1961	19.6 °C	138 mm	33
1960	38.8 °C4 July 1960	6.4 °C6 February 1960	20.5 °C	75 mm	58
1959	39.4 °C31 May 1959	5.9 °C24 January 1959	19.5 °C	82 mm	32
1958	37.1 °C31 March 1958	6.5 °C28 December 1958	20.2 °C	45 mm	47
1957	37.5 °C14 April 1957	7.2 °C23 January 1957	19.8 °C	96 mm	34
1956	35.7 °C13 July 1956	4.4 °C10 February 1956	19.6 °C	153 mm	70
1955	39.6 °C3 September 1955	6.1 °C4 January 1955	20.4 °C	46 mm	65
1954	36.2 °C19 May 1954	5.4 °C9 January 1954	19.3 °C	76 mm	42
1953	34.1 °C9 May 1953	5.5 °C13 January 1953	19.2 °C	113 mm	59
1952	35.5 °C2 April 1952	4.5 °C14 January 1952	19.7 °C	60 mm	59
1951	36.8 °C8 September 1951	4.9 °C25 January 1951	19.9 °C	77 mm	50
1950	34.1 °C11 August 1950	3.7 °C8 February 1950	19.4 °C	80 mm	48
1949	37.3 °C2 June 1949	5.6 °C4 February 1949	18.9 °C	131 mm	21
1948	37.1 °C13 June 1948	6.1 °C16 January 1948	19.0 °C	120 mm	46
1947	36.4 °C3 September 1947	4.9 °C20 December 1947	20.1 °C	73 mm	65
1946	39.2 °C1 June 1946	4.4 °C6 January 1946	19.8 °C	54 mm	81
1945	36.1 °C21 August 1945	2.3 °C10 January 1945	19.3 °C	86 mm	70
1944	36.5 °C20 June 1944	4.2 °C23 January 1944	19.4 °C	99 mm	54
1943	33.2 °C22 July 1943	4.7 °C7 March 1943	19.3 °C	153 mm	57
1942	36.2 °C14 May 1942	2.7 °C5 January 1942	19.5 °C	82 mm	43
1941	38.5 °C24 May 1941	2.9 °C3 January 1941	19.6 °C	103 mm	79
1940	37.1 °C12 May 1940	4.5 °C20 December 1940	19.5 °C	97 mm	59

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.1 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

92 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

60 mm

-29 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.3 °C	+2.3 °C	14 mm	-6 mm
Feb	16.8 °C	-1.1 °C	5 mm	-7 mm
Mar	22.9 °C	+3.0 °C	3 mm	-5 mm
Apr	22.4 °C	-0.5 °C	18 mm	+14 mm
May	27.2 °C	+1.4 °C	8 mm	+6 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	31.2 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	31.6 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	29.8 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	27.1 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	-7 mm
Nov	23.6 °C	+1.2 °C	4 mm	-9 mm
Dec	20.0 °C	+1.4 °C	7 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.8 °C

25 May 2025

Coldest day

7.4 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

12.1 mm

30 Apr 2025

Windiest day

42.8 km/h

16 May 2025

Strongest gust

63.0 km/h

26 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.4 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

14 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sīdī Barānī?

Sīdī Barānī has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 89 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sīdī Barānī?

The hottest day measured in Sīdī Barānī between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1961, reaching 42.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sīdī Barānī?

The coldest day measured in Sīdī Barānī between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1945, at 2.3 °C.

Does it snow in Sīdī Barānī?

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

Has the climate of Sīdī Barānī warmed?

Yes: Sīdī Barānī warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sīdī Barānī?

The wettest day measured in Sīdī Barānī between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1991, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sīdī Barānī?

The windiest day measured in Sīdī Barānī between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2004, with winds reaching 66.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sīdī Barānī?

The warmest month in Sīdī Barānī is August (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Sīdī Barānī?

Sīdī Barānī receives on average 89 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 23 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sīdī Barānī?

Sīdī Barānī gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Sīdī Barānī?

Yes: Sīdī Barānī has on average 121 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sīdī Barānī?

In Sīdī Barānī, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 12 August 2002, and the lowest was -3.3 °C on 20 February 1942.

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