Sinnūris climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sinnūris?

Sinnūris has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 13 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Sinnūris between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 47.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sinnūris?

The coldest day measured in Sinnūris between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 0.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sinnūris?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sinnūris warmed?

Yes: Sinnūris warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sinnūris?

The wettest day measured in Sinnūris between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sinnūris?

The windiest day measured in Sinnūris between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 48.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sinnūris?

The warmest month in Sinnūris is August (29.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sinnūris?

Sinnūris receives on average 13 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 3 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sinnūris?

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

Sinnūris (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 13 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 (29.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Sinnūris averages 0 frost days, 179 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 3 rainy days per year.

Sinnūris has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.1 °C (on 7 June 1961) and the coldest 0.3 °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

SinnūrisFaiyum Governorate

coords: 29.41°, 30.87°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

22.4°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

13mm

Sunshine / day

11.5h

Mean relative humidity

52%

Average peak wind

18.8km/h

Seasonal range

16.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

179 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

3 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.6 °C

Average feels-like low

16.1 °C

Average peak gust

35.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

136 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °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

47.1 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest day

0.3 °C

6 February 1950

Wettest day

40 mm

12 March 2020

Windiest day

48.8 km/h

1 February 1988

Strongest gust

85.3 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.7 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest feels-like

-3.8 °C

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.9 h

11 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.2 °C27 July 2025	6.8 °C24 February 2025	23.7 °C	6 mm	188
2024	43.4 °C15 June 2024	6.8 °C1 February 2024	24.2 °C	4 mm	182
2023	43.1 °C6 August 2023	7.4 °C10 February 2023	24.1 °C	8 mm	203
2022	43.4 °C11 June 2022	5.6 °C22 January 2022	23.1 °C	13 mm	172
2021	43.1 °C7 August 2021	6.9 °C17 February 2021	24.0 °C	14 mm	198
2020	44.0 °C20 May 2020	5.3 °C5 January 2020	23.5 °C	60 mm	179
2019	44.5 °C23 May 2019	4.6 °C11 January 2019	23.6 °C	19 mm	184
2018	45.2 °C22 May 2018	8.0 °C28 January 2018	24.3 °C	12 mm	204
2017	42.5 °C8 June 2017	4.1 °C10 January 2017	23.4 °C	3 mm	176
2016	44.9 °C15 May 2016	5.0 °C29 January 2016	24.0 °C	10 mm	205
2015	46.7 °C27 May 2015	5.4 °C10 January 2015	23.6 °C	19 mm	187
2014	44.4 °C4 June 2014	7.6 °C10 January 2014	23.7 °C	7 mm	187
2013	44.8 °C2 June 2013	6.2 °C17 December 2013	23.2 °C	3 mm	189
2012	40.6 °C19 July 2012	5.5 °C14 January 2012	23.3 °C	5 mm	205
2011	41.5 °C10 June 2011	7.4 °C11 March 2011	22.7 °C	18 mm	164
2010	45.1 °C20 June 2010	6.6 °C7 February 2010	24.4 °C	4 mm	205
2009	41.7 °C30 June 2009	6.8 °C4 January 2009	23.4 °C	2 mm	181
2008	41.7 °C22 April 2008	5.6 °C19 January 2008	23.5 °C	3 mm	182
2007	43.3 °C27 July 2007	5.6 °C3 January 2007	23.1 °C	7 mm	196
2006	40.6 °C11 July 2006	6.3 °C17 January 2006	22.8 °C	7 mm	182
2005	41.5 °C20 June 2005	5.5 °C11 February 2005	22.7 °C	14 mm	176
2004	43.2 °C14 July 2004	6.5 °C2 January 2004	22.9 °C	6 mm	197
2003	41.0 °C6 July 2003	6.1 °C25 March 2003	22.9 °C	3 mm	186
2002	45.5 °C29 July 2002	6.0 °C5 January 2002	23.2 °C	9 mm	176
2001	43.3 °C27 May 2001	5.7 °C30 January 2001	23.0 °C	3 mm	179
2000	43.2 °C30 July 2000	5.0 °C31 January 2000	22.4 °C	6 mm	177
1999	40.9 °C23 August 1999	6.2 °C21 February 1999	23.1 °C	4 mm	186
1998	42.8 °C13 June 1998	6.4 °C23 December 1998	23.2 °C	6 mm	179
1997	42.7 °C8 June 1997	5.3 °C6 February 1997	22.4 °C	2 mm	170
1996	42.8 °C6 September 1996	5.3 °C19 January 1996	22.5 °C	13 mm	180
1995	44.7 °C1 July 1995	4.8 °C17 January 1995	22.4 °C	4 mm	164
1994	42.9 °C21 April 1994	6.2 °C8 February 1994	22.7 °C	27 mm	187
1993	42.3 °C4 June 1993	3.9 °C14 January 1993	22.4 °C	6 mm	183
1992	45.6 °C20 June 1992	3.7 °C26 December 1992	21.6 °C	5 mm	169
1991	43.3 °C13 May 1991	4.0 °C30 December 1991	22.1 °C	19 mm	183
1990	40.2 °C31 May 1990	6.7 °C10 January 1990	22.3 °C	8 mm	179
1989	42.0 °C22 June 1989	4.4 °C7 January 1989	22.3 °C	4 mm	183
1988	45.2 °C29 June 1988	5.5 °C19 January 1988	22.4 °C	27 mm	168
1987	42.0 °C31 May 1987	4.0 °C8 January 1987	21.8 °C	17 mm	155
1986	44.1 °C7 June 1986	6.2 °C17 January 1986	22.2 °C	15 mm	155
1985	41.0 °C2 June 1985	5.6 °C3 January 1985	22.4 °C	48 mm	159
1984	43.6 °C25 May 1984	6.1 °C14 January 1984	22.0 °C	5 mm	172
1983	41.3 °C24 June 1983	5.0 °C3 January 1983	21.5 °C	5 mm	164
1982	40.3 °C12 June 1982	5.1 °C6 February 1982	21.7 °C	12 mm	174
1981	42.6 °C23 April 1981	4.4 °C24 January 1981	21.9 °C	3 mm	188
1980	43.6 °C20 May 1980	5.9 °C9 January 1980	22.1 °C	10 mm	182
1979	43.2 °C23 June 1979	6.2 °C7 January 1979	22.5 °C	3 mm	186
1978	44.3 °C22 June 1978	3.1 °C7 January 1978	22.1 °C	12 mm	183
1977	44.5 °C31 May 1977	4.9 °C8 January 1977	22.1 °C	14 mm	162
1976	42.5 °C8 June 1976	3.8 °C26 January 1976	21.8 °C	5 mm	185
1975	40.1 °C28 June 1975	5.3 °C6 January 1975	22.0 °C	41 mm	180
1974	41.2 °C18 June 1974	3.5 °C24 January 1974	22.2 °C	22 mm	189
1973	42.4 °C10 June 1973	3.8 °C18 January 1973	21.9 °C	7 mm	183
1972	42.2 °C19 June 1972	5.7 °C30 January 1972	22.2 °C	30 mm	178
1971	40.4 °C18 June 1971	6.3 °C25 January 1971	22.0 °C	55 mm	166
1970	46.2 °C21 May 1970	3.7 °C21 December 1970	22.1 °C	17 mm	174
1969	45.7 °C16 June 1969	3.5 °C6 January 1969	22.4 °C	22 mm	181
1968	44.5 °C14 August 1968	4.5 °C22 January 1968	22.2 °C	12 mm	173
1967	44.8 °C21 June 1967	4.5 °C23 January 1967	21.5 °C	40 mm	166
1966	42.7 °C2 June 1966	4.7 °C8 January 1966	22.6 °C	45 mm	192
1965	45.3 °C13 June 1965	5.9 °C13 January 1965	22.0 °C	10 mm	169
1964	43.4 °C30 May 1964	3.7 °C19 January 1964	21.6 °C	17 mm	168
1963	43.2 °C18 June 1963	4.1 °C29 January 1963	22.4 °C	6 mm	174
1962	43.7 °C11 June 1962	6.4 °C5 February 1962	22.4 °C	2 mm	196
1961	47.1 °C7 June 1961	5.7 °C23 December 1961	21.6 °C	19 mm	157
1960	43.1 °C5 July 1960	4.9 °C4 February 1960	22.7 °C	7 mm	191
1959	44.9 °C10 June 1959	4.4 °C16 February 1959	21.5 °C	3 mm	161
1958	42.3 °C18 April 1958	5.4 °C28 January 1958	22.3 °C	4 mm	180
1957	40.7 °C15 April 1957	3.6 °C3 February 1957	22.2 °C	11 mm	183
1956	43.6 °C23 July 1956	2.2 °C2 February 1956	22.1 °C	13 mm	167
1955	43.3 °C30 July 1955	4.8 °C6 January 1955	22.5 °C	7 mm	189
1954	42.9 °C26 May 1954	2.0 °C3 January 1954	21.7 °C	12 mm	177
1953	42.5 °C16 June 1953	0.8 °C15 January 1953	21.5 °C	8 mm	179
1952	42.9 °C24 August 1952	2.6 °C22 January 1952	22.2 °C	12 mm	174
1951	41.8 °C9 September 1951	4.6 °C24 January 1951	22.2 °C	10 mm	183
1950	39.7 °C6 August 1950	0.3 °C6 February 1950	21.8 °C	7 mm	173
1949	42.4 °C3 June 1949	3.1 °C29 January 1949	21.1 °C	23 mm	168
1948	42.2 °C14 June 1948	4.4 °C31 December 1948	21.3 °C	10 mm	162
1947	40.2 °C17 May 1947	4.3 °C19 December 1947	22.6 °C	4 mm	179
1946	42.3 °C2 June 1946	3.0 °C15 January 1946	22.4 °C	4 mm	185
1945	42.9 °C23 August 1945	2.8 °C5 January 1945	21.4 °C	13 mm	166
1944	45.1 °C13 June 1944	2.6 °C20 January 1944	22.0 °C	15 mm	182
1943	43.0 °C1 October 1943	3.8 °C6 March 1943	21.8 °C	23 mm	169
1942	44.8 °C6 May 1942	0.9 °C5 January 1942	22.2 °C	18 mm	185
1941	44.6 °C10 May 1941	2.1 °C30 December 1941	22.4 °C	13 mm	182
1940	42.3 °C18 May 1940	1.8 °C21 December 1940	21.7 °C	23 mm	184

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.5 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

188 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

7 mm

-7 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.7 °C	+2.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	19.6 °C	-1.3 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Mar	26.3 °C	+2.0 °C	3 mm	+0 mm
Apr	29.1 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
May	33.2 °C	+0.1 °C	3 mm	+3 mm
Jun	35.1 °C	-0.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	37.6 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	36.7 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	33.6 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Oct	30.8 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Nov	27.4 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Dec	22.0 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.2 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest day

6.8 °C

24 Feb 2025

Wettest day

2.3 mm

5 Mar 2025

Windiest day

32.4 km/h

26 May 2025

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

26 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.6 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

10 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sinnūris?

Sinnūris has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 13 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sinnūris?

The hottest day measured in Sinnūris between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 47.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sinnūris?

The coldest day measured in Sinnūris between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 0.3 °C.

Does it snow in Sinnūris?

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

Has the climate of Sinnūris warmed?

Yes: Sinnūris warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sinnūris?

The wettest day measured in Sinnūris between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sinnūris?

The windiest day measured in Sinnūris between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 48.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sinnūris?

The warmest month in Sinnūris is August (29.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Sinnūris?

Sinnūris receives on average 13 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 3 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sinnūris?

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

Are there tropical nights in Sinnūris?

Yes: Sinnūris has on average 136 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sinnūris?

In Sinnūris, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.7 °C on 7 June 1961, and the lowest was -3.8 °C on 6 February 1950.

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