Suez climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Suez?

Suez has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 26 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Suez between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 45.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Suez?

The coldest day measured in Suez between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1950, at 0.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Suez?

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

Q: Has the climate of Suez warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Suez?

The wettest day measured in Suez between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1975, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Suez?

The windiest day measured in Suez between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1976, with winds reaching 44.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Suez?

The warmest month in Suez is July (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Suez?

Suez receives on average 26 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 7 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Suez?

Suez gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Suez (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 26 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 (29.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Suez averages 0 frost days, 161 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 7 rainy days per year.

Suez 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 45.9 °C (on 7 June 1961) and the coldest 0.8 °C (on 8 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

SuezSuez Governorate

coords: 29.97°, 32.53°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

27.7°C

Average daily low

16.7°C

Annual rainfall

26mm

Sunshine / day

11.4h

Mean relative humidity

59%

Average peak wind

17.9km/h

Seasonal range

15.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

161 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

7 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.6 °C

Average feels-like low

16.9 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

126 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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

45.9 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest day

0.8 °C

8 February 1950

Wettest day

38 mm

20 February 1975

Windiest day

44.3 km/h

15 April 1976

Strongest gust

90.7 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

16 August 2015

Coldest feels-like

-3.7 °C

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.8 h

6 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.1 °C17 May 2025	5.8 °C25 February 2025	23.2 °C	12 mm	172
2024	42.1 °C15 June 2024	8.5 °C16 December 2024	23.8 °C	11 mm	170
2023	41.4 °C27 July 2023	6.3 °C10 February 2023	23.4 °C	37 mm	172
2022	41.7 °C11 June 2022	4.3 °C22 January 2022	22.5 °C	33 mm	164
2021	42.6 °C7 August 2021	7.3 °C21 February 2021	23.2 °C	24 mm	183
2020	42.1 °C20 May 2020	5.6 °C26 January 2020	23.0 °C	62 mm	171
2019	42.4 °C17 July 2019	4.6 °C11 January 2019	22.9 °C	48 mm	178
2018	42.0 °C25 July 2018	6.6 °C1 February 2018	23.7 °C	30 mm	186
2017	41.3 °C3 July 2017	4.6 °C4 February 2017	22.7 °C	12 mm	167
2016	43.4 °C4 June 2016	4.9 °C26 January 2016	23.2 °C	14 mm	179
2015	42.7 °C27 May 2015	4.6 °C10 January 2015	22.9 °C	30 mm	177
2014	40.7 °C28 June 2014	7.4 °C11 February 2014	23.0 °C	23 mm	161
2013	42.7 °C2 June 2013	5.1 °C17 December 2013	22.7 °C	22 mm	166
2012	40.3 °C15 July 2012	5.4 °C9 February 2012	22.7 °C	11 mm	193
2011	40.2 °C25 July 2011	6.5 °C12 December 2011	22.2 °C	17 mm	161
2010	43.0 °C21 June 2010	7.1 °C6 February 2010	23.9 °C	13 mm	195
2009	39.6 °C12 July 2009	7.3 °C13 January 2009	22.9 °C	6 mm	169
2008	40.6 °C5 June 2008	3.0 °C15 January 2008	22.8 °C	14 mm	170
2007	42.1 °C27 July 2007	6.3 °C31 December 2007	22.5 °C	9 mm	178
2006	39.0 °C3 July 2006	5.5 °C31 January 2006	22.1 °C	18 mm	158
2005	39.7 °C20 June 2005	5.6 °C9 February 2005	22.1 °C	13 mm	161
2004	41.5 °C14 July 2004	6.4 °C23 February 2004	22.1 °C	24 mm	172
2003	40.4 °C6 July 2003	6.7 °C26 February 2003	22.3 °C	9 mm	181
2002	42.3 °C29 July 2002	6.7 °C19 January 2002	22.4 °C	25 mm	161
2001	41.1 °C27 May 2001	5.2 °C28 January 2001	22.4 °C	14 mm	162
2000	42.4 °C30 July 2000	4.9 °C31 January 2000	21.6 °C	32 mm	163
1999	39.1 °C19 August 1999	6.2 °C21 February 1999	22.3 °C	6 mm	162
1998	42.6 °C5 July 1998	6.5 °C13 January 1998	22.5 °C	16 mm	166
1997	40.4 °C13 July 1997	4.1 °C7 February 1997	21.7 °C	24 mm	161
1996	42.3 °C6 September 1996	5.6 °C25 January 1996	21.9 °C	29 mm	163
1995	42.2 °C28 June 1995	5.8 °C16 January 1995	21.5 °C	12 mm	153
1994	40.4 °C25 July 1994	7.2 °C5 February 1994	22.1 °C	33 mm	173
1993	40.7 °C6 June 1993	4.0 °C18 January 1993	21.5 °C	24 mm	161
1992	40.6 °C12 July 1992	4.3 °C6 January 1992	20.9 °C	12 mm	149
1991	40.5 °C12 May 1991	5.2 °C4 February 1991	21.5 °C	32 mm	157
1990	39.9 °C17 June 1990	5.8 °C25 January 1990	21.5 °C	21 mm	155
1989	40.5 °C28 May 1989	3.0 °C4 February 1989	21.4 °C	15 mm	165
1988	43.1 °C29 June 1988	6.2 °C15 November 1988	21.6 °C	42 mm	155
1987	40.1 °C7 May 1987	6.0 °C14 January 1987	21.3 °C	22 mm	143
1986	41.7 °C7 June 1986	6.7 °C7 December 1986	21.5 °C	41 mm	144
1985	39.2 °C3 June 1985	4.5 °C4 March 1985	21.7 °C	52 mm	150
1984	41.7 °C25 May 1984	7.1 °C31 January 1984	21.1 °C	9 mm	164
1983	40.1 °C10 July 1983	5.4 °C2 January 1983	20.7 °C	19 mm	144
1982	38.2 °C12 June 1982	5.5 °C6 February 1982	20.9 °C	40 mm	148
1981	39.3 °C2 July 1981	6.3 °C31 January 1981	21.3 °C	13 mm	159
1980	42.1 °C31 May 1980	5.0 °C31 January 1980	21.5 °C	24 mm	154
1979	41.4 °C23 June 1979	6.4 °C6 January 1979	22.0 °C	11 mm	168
1978	43.9 °C22 June 1978	4.7 °C14 January 1978	21.5 °C	22 mm	162
1977	41.0 °C31 May 1977	6.6 °C25 December 1977	21.6 °C	22 mm	151
1976	40.7 °C8 June 1976	4.6 °C2 March 1976	21.2 °C	7 mm	170
1975	39.1 °C11 June 1975	5.2 °C11 February 1975	21.2 °C	56 mm	153
1974	39.5 °C21 April 1974	4.6 °C24 January 1974	21.6 °C	42 mm	171
1973	41.6 °C21 July 1973	4.0 °C3 January 1973	21.3 °C	10 mm	163
1972	41.9 °C19 June 1972	4.2 °C25 December 1972	21.5 °C	28 mm	167
1971	39.2 °C20 June 1971	6.2 °C28 December 1971	21.4 °C	81 mm	156
1970	43.0 °C21 May 1970	3.2 °C21 December 1970	21.6 °C	18 mm	155
1969	44.5 °C16 June 1969	6.1 °C24 January 1969	21.8 °C	26 mm	161
1968	43.0 °C14 August 1968	5.6 °C11 February 1968	21.6 °C	28 mm	157
1967	41.9 °C21 June 1967	2.1 °C22 January 1967	20.8 °C	85 mm	140
1966	39.6 °C18 June 1966	6.6 °C13 January 1966	21.9 °C	54 mm	169
1965	42.7 °C13 June 1965	6.3 °C13 January 1965	21.4 °C	26 mm	155
1964	41.6 °C30 May 1964	3.0 °C21 January 1964	20.9 °C	20 mm	141
1963	41.7 °C18 June 1963	5.4 °C29 January 1963	22.0 °C	13 mm	167
1962	41.2 °C11 June 1962	7.2 °C16 January 1962	22.0 °C	10 mm	171
1961	45.9 °C7 June 1961	5.2 °C23 January 1961	21.0 °C	46 mm	141
1960	42.8 °C5 July 1960	4.3 °C25 January 1960	21.8 °C	19 mm	169
1959	42.1 °C10 June 1959	3.7 °C7 February 1959	20.7 °C	16 mm	143
1958	39.8 °C13 June 1958	6.8 °C28 January 1958	21.5 °C	7 mm	147
1957	38.9 °C14 August 1957	5.2 °C8 January 1957	21.4 °C	21 mm	161
1956	41.4 °C23 July 1956	5.5 °C17 December 1956	21.2 °C	14 mm	134
1955	42.6 °C30 July 1955	5.8 °C6 January 1955	21.7 °C	21 mm	157
1954	41.4 °C20 May 1954	6.0 °C17 January 1954	21.4 °C	24 mm	151
1953	40.4 °C18 July 1953	3.4 °C15 January 1953	21.1 °C	26 mm	162
1952	41.7 °C24 August 1952	3.9 °C10 January 1952	21.6 °C	18 mm	159
1951	39.6 °C9 September 1951	5.0 °C28 January 1951	21.5 °C	50 mm	171
1950	39.4 °C12 August 1950	0.8 °C8 February 1950	21.2 °C	25 mm	157
1949	40.2 °C3 June 1949	3.3 °C9 January 1949	20.3 °C	34 mm	141
1948	39.9 °C4 July 1948	4.9 °C1 March 1948	20.6 °C	31 mm	140
1947	38.7 °C27 August 1947	6.9 °C2 January 1947	21.8 °C	20 mm	159
1946	40.1 °C2 June 1946	6.2 °C24 January 1946	21.7 °C	31 mm	157
1945	41.8 °C16 August 1945	3.6 °C5 January 1945	20.7 °C	38 mm	156
1944	44.0 °C14 June 1944	5.5 °C22 January 1944	21.2 °C	25 mm	154
1943	41.6 °C1 October 1943	4.2 °C7 March 1943	21.0 °C	45 mm	151
1942	42.4 °C5 May 1942	1.4 °C5 January 1942	21.5 °C	23 mm	173
1941	42.5 °C6 August 1941	5.5 °C2 January 1941	21.8 °C	25 mm	163
1940	40.9 °C18 July 1940	3.4 °C21 December 1940	21.2 °C	26 mm	158

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.7 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

172 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

12 mm

-14 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.6 °C	+2.2 °C	2 mm	-3 mm
Feb	18.7 °C	-1.2 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Mar	25.3 °C	+2.2 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Apr	28.1 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
May	32.3 °C	+0.7 °C	3 mm	+3 mm
Jun	34.7 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	37.4 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	36.1 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	32.8 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Oct	29.7 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Nov	26.9 °C	+2.5 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Dec	21.7 °C	+1.8 °C	4 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.1 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

5.8 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

1.7 mm

3 May 2025

Windiest day

31.5 km/h

18 May 2025

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

30 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.6 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

6 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Suez?

Suez has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 26 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Suez?

The hottest day measured in Suez between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 45.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Suez?

The coldest day measured in Suez between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1950, at 0.8 °C.

Does it snow in Suez?

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

Has the climate of Suez warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Suez?

The wettest day measured in Suez between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1975, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Suez?

The windiest day measured in Suez between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1976, with winds reaching 44.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Suez?

The warmest month in Suez is July (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Suez?

Suez receives on average 26 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 7 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Suez?

Suez gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Suez?

Yes: Suez has on average 126 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Suez?

In Suez, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.5 °C on 16 August 2015, and the lowest was -3.7 °C on 6 February 1950.

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