Zaafarana climate — normals and trends
Zaafarana (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 15 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 (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Zaafarana averages 0 frost days, 67 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 4 rainy days per year.
Zaafarana has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 7 June 1961) and the coldest 4.1 °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
ZaafaranaRed Sea
- coords
- 29.11°, 32.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.1°C
Average daily high
24.6°C
Average daily low
19.7°C
Annual rainfall
15mm
Sunshine / day
11.5h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
23.3km/h
Seasonal range
12.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
67 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
4 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.9 °C
Average feels-like low
18.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
188 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001
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
36.9 °C
7 June 1961
Coldest day
4.1 °C
6 February 1950
Wettest day
27 mm
12 March 2020
Windiest day
46.4 km/h
4 June 2019
Strongest gust
74.2 km/h
12 March 2020
Hottest feels-like
41.4 °C
12 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-1.9 °C
6 February 1950
Snowiest day
0.1 cm
25 February 1992
Sunniest day
13.7 h
2 July 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 17.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 21.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 24.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 27.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 29.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 31.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 31.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 29.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 27.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 24.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 20.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zaafarana?
Zaafarana has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 15 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zaafarana?
The hottest day measured in Zaafarana between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zaafarana?
The coldest day measured in Zaafarana between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at 4.1 °C.
Does it snow in Zaafarana?
Almost never: Zaafarana sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Zaafarana warmed?
Yes: Zaafarana warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zaafarana?
The wettest day measured in Zaafarana between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with 27 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zaafarana?
The windiest day measured in Zaafarana between 1940 and 2025 was 4 June 2019, with winds reaching 46.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zaafarana?
The warmest month in Zaafarana is August (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Zaafarana?
Zaafarana receives on average 15 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 4 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zaafarana?
Zaafarana gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zaafarana?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zaafarana between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1992, with 0.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zaafarana?
Yes: Zaafarana has on average 188 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zaafarana?
In Zaafarana, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 12 July 2024, and the lowest was -1.9 °C on 6 February 1950.
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