Zefta climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Zefta?

Zefta has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 36 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Zefta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1942, reaching 46.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Zefta?

The coldest day measured in Zefta between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -0.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Zefta?

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

Q: Has the climate of Zefta warmed?

Yes: Zefta warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Zefta?

The wettest day measured in Zefta between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1961, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Zefta?

The windiest day measured in Zefta between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 46.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Zefta?

The warmest month in Zefta is July (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Zefta?

Zefta receives on average 36 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 9 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Zefta?

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

Zefta (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 36 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 (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Zefta averages 0 frost days, 177 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 9 rainy days per year.

Zefta has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.6 °C (on 6 May 1942) and the coldest -0.1 °C (on 9 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

ZeftaGharbia Governorate

coords: 30.71°, 31.24°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.6°C

Average daily high

28.5°C

Average daily low

16.0°C

Annual rainfall

36mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

59%

Average peak wind

17.2km/h

Seasonal range

14.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

177 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

9 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.1 °C

Average feels-like low

16.1 °C

Average peak gust

35.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

111 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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

46.6 °C

6 May 1942

Coldest day

-0.1 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

40 mm

27 October 1961

Windiest day

46.7 km/h

1 February 1988

Strongest gust

97.9 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

14 May 2016

Coldest feels-like

-3.3 °C

7 February 1950

Sunniest day

14.0 h

23 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.0 °C26 May 2025	6.0 °C25 February 2025	22.5 °C	17 mm	180	0
2024	42.0 °C15 June 2024	6.0 °C1 February 2024	23.1 °C	23 mm	182	0
2023	40.7 °C6 August 2023	5.7 °C9 February 2023	23.4 °C	36 mm	203	0
2022	43.3 °C11 June 2022	4.7 °C22 January 2022	22.7 °C	36 mm	182	0
2021	41.9 °C5 August 2021	7.0 °C21 January 2021	23.4 °C	42 mm	203	0
2020	44.0 °C19 May 2020	6.2 °C25 January 2020	23.0 °C	66 mm	185	0
2019	45.6 °C23 May 2019	5.6 °C11 January 2019	22.8 °C	70 mm	187	0
2018	43.5 °C22 May 2018	7.4 °C28 January 2018	23.6 °C	26 mm	198	0
2017	41.8 °C1 July 2017	4.4 °C11 January 2017	22.9 °C	14 mm	175	0
2016	43.5 °C14 May 2016	5.7 °C28 January 2016	23.2 °C	15 mm	202	0
2015	46.0 °C27 May 2015	6.2 °C16 February 2015	22.6 °C	57 mm	172	0
2014	43.8 °C4 June 2014	6.8 °C9 February 2014	22.4 °C	19 mm	177	0
2013	41.9 °C2 June 2013	5.2 °C16 December 2013	22.2 °C	23 mm	174	0
2012	38.2 °C22 May 2012	5.5 °C9 February 2012	22.3 °C	26 mm	198	0
2011	38.9 °C10 October 2011	6.3 °C12 March 2011	21.7 °C	56 mm	162	0
2010	41.2 °C20 June 2010	5.0 °C7 February 2010	23.1 °C	13 mm	190	0
2009	39.8 °C18 October 2009	6.1 °C5 January 2009	22.4 °C	19 mm	178	0
2008	39.9 °C23 April 2008	4.3 °C15 January 2008	22.4 °C	30 mm	179	0
2007	40.1 °C29 May 2007	6.4 °C1 February 2007	21.9 °C	22 mm	187	0
2006	40.1 °C29 September 2006	6.0 °C16 January 2006	21.6 °C	27 mm	163	0
2005	38.6 °C20 June 2005	5.1 °C10 February 2005	21.7 °C	12 mm	167	0
2004	38.6 °C14 July 2004	6.2 °C20 February 2004	21.6 °C	21 mm	179	0
2003	40.0 °C29 May 2003	5.9 °C11 February 2003	21.8 °C	14 mm	184	0
2002	42.2 °C17 September 2002	5.8 °C4 January 2002	22.1 °C	41 mm	166	0
2001	40.7 °C27 May 2001	5.3 °C23 December 2001	22.1 °C	10 mm	168	0
2000	40.3 °C12 April 2000	5.1 °C13 January 2000	21.4 °C	27 mm	172	0
1999	40.6 °C18 June 1999	6.2 °C22 February 1999	22.6 °C	10 mm	193	0
1998	42.6 °C15 April 1998	6.7 °C25 March 1998	22.5 °C	39 mm	183	0
1997	42.1 °C8 June 1997	4.9 °C7 February 1997	21.5 °C	48 mm	166	0
1996	41.4 °C20 September 1996	4.2 °C25 January 1996	21.7 °C	38 mm	174	0
1995	42.3 °C1 July 1995	6.4 °C25 January 1995	21.3 °C	14 mm	158	0
1994	40.8 °C20 April 1994	6.2 °C4 February 1994	21.6 °C	57 mm	175	0
1993	40.2 °C4 June 1993	3.7 °C15 February 1993	21.2 °C	26 mm	175	0
1992	39.9 °C20 June 1992	3.7 °C26 December 1992	20.3 °C	36 mm	160	0
1991	39.1 °C12 May 1991	5.4 °C5 February 1991	20.7 °C	53 mm	170	0
1990	38.2 °C31 May 1990	5.5 °C15 December 1990	21.1 °C	37 mm	169	0
1989	39.1 °C28 May 1989	4.5 °C16 February 1989	20.9 °C	33 mm	176	0
1988	43.0 °C15 May 1988	5.9 °C21 December 1988	21.1 °C	55 mm	163	0
1987	40.7 °C27 May 1987	4.6 °C28 January 1987	20.6 °C	28 mm	149	0
1986	42.1 °C7 June 1986	6.6 °C24 December 1986	21.2 °C	41 mm	150	0
1985	38.9 °C29 April 1985	4.3 °C1 January 1985	21.2 °C	62 mm	159	0
1984	40.7 °C25 May 1984	6.4 °C17 February 1984	21.0 °C	14 mm	171	0
1983	39.7 °C10 July 1983	4.7 °C21 February 1983	20.6 °C	30 mm	160	0
1982	38.4 °C12 June 1982	5.7 °C29 January 1982	20.7 °C	28 mm	165	0
1981	40.9 °C23 April 1981	6.2 °C9 January 1981	21.0 °C	9 mm	181	0
1980	42.2 °C20 May 1980	6.0 °C4 March 1980	21.2 °C	23 mm	173	0
1979	43.6 °C2 April 1979	5.4 °C17 January 1979	21.7 °C	17 mm	187	0
1978	44.1 °C22 June 1978	3.8 °C6 January 1978	21.5 °C	25 mm	188	0
1977	43.5 °C31 May 1977	4.7 °C14 January 1977	21.5 °C	29 mm	169	0
1976	40.9 °C15 April 1976	4.5 °C15 February 1976	21.3 °C	13 mm	186	0
1975	39.6 °C15 June 1975	5.5 °C12 February 1975	21.5 °C	47 mm	190	0
1974	41.1 °C18 June 1974	5.7 °C25 January 1974	21.7 °C	63 mm	193	0
1973	42.4 °C10 June 1973	3.4 °C4 January 1973	21.5 °C	14 mm	187	0
1972	42.2 °C19 June 1972	5.8 °C27 December 1972	21.6 °C	71 mm	176	0
1971	40.5 °C18 June 1971	5.8 °C17 December 1971	21.5 °C	70 mm	173	0
1970	46.4 °C21 May 1970	3.9 °C21 December 1970	21.4 °C	42 mm	177	0
1969	43.8 °C16 June 1969	5.4 °C6 January 1969	21.6 °C	52 mm	173	0
1968	40.0 °C14 August 1968	4.7 °C29 January 1968	21.3 °C	50 mm	169	0
1967	43.7 °C21 June 1967	3.9 °C24 January 1967	20.6 °C	79 mm	158	0
1966	39.7 °C2 June 1966	4.9 °C8 January 1966	21.5 °C	58 mm	186	0
1965	41.3 °C13 June 1965	5.9 °C13 January 1965	20.7 °C	53 mm	153	0
1964	41.2 °C29 May 1964	4.2 °C7 January 1964	20.3 °C	39 mm	151	0
1963	40.2 °C18 June 1963	3.5 °C29 January 1963	21.0 °C	25 mm	150	0
1962	41.2 °C11 June 1962	6.3 °C18 January 1962	21.1 °C	16 mm	165	0
1961	42.6 °C7 June 1961	5.5 °C23 January 1961	20.4 °C	92 mm	146	0
1960	38.8 °C6 May 1960	5.3 °C31 December 1960	21.4 °C	23 mm	174	0
1959	42.4 °C10 June 1959	4.1 °C16 February 1959	20.5 °C	12 mm	154	0
1958	40.8 °C14 June 1958	6.9 °C28 January 1958	21.7 °C	15 mm	184	0
1957	42.4 °C15 April 1957	4.0 °C8 January 1957	21.5 °C	54 mm	187	0
1956	44.7 °C23 July 1956	4.2 °C11 February 1956	21.7 °C	24 mm	187	0
1955	44.2 °C30 July 1955	5.3 °C1 January 1955	22.2 °C	24 mm	198	0
1954	43.2 °C20 May 1954	4.1 °C4 January 1954	21.5 °C	43 mm	179	0
1953	43.5 °C16 June 1953	1.9 °C14 January 1953	21.2 °C	35 mm	189	0
1952	42.7 °C24 August 1952	3.9 °C22 January 1952	21.9 °C	27 mm	184	0
1951	41.8 °C9 September 1951	4.6 °C18 January 1951	21.9 °C	69 mm	186	0
1950	40.6 °C20 April 1950	-0.1 °C9 February 1950	21.5 °C	39 mm	181	1
1949	43.6 °C3 June 1949	2.4 °C3 January 1949	20.7 °C	58 mm	178	0
1948	42.7 °C14 June 1948	4.3 °C1 March 1948	21.0 °C	42 mm	176	0
1947	41.1 °C23 July 1947	4.6 °C19 December 1947	22.2 °C	29 mm	193	0
1946	43.1 °C2 June 1946	3.9 °C11 February 1946	22.1 °C	34 mm	190	0
1945	44.2 °C23 August 1945	1.6 °C4 January 1945	21.2 °C	45 mm	170	0
1944	46.6 °C14 June 1944	3.1 °C12 February 1944	21.6 °C	40 mm	188	0
1943	43.8 °C30 September 1943	4.8 °C6 March 1943	21.5 °C	77 mm	179	0
1942	46.6 °C6 May 1942	0.6 °C5 January 1942	21.8 °C	32 mm	188	0
1941	45.4 °C10 May 1941	3.6 °C1 January 1941	22.1 °C	24 mm	188	0
1940	44.0 °C18 July 1940	3.7 °C20 December 1940	21.5 °C	37 mm	189	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.9 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

180 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

17 mm

-19 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.9 °C	+2.2 °C	2 mm	-5 mm
Feb	19.3 °C	-1.7 °C	1 mm	-5 mm
Mar	25.5 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-3 mm
Apr	27.3 °C	-1.1 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
May	32.0 °C	-0.3 °C	7 mm	+5 mm
Jun	34.5 °C	-0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	35.5 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	35.1 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	33.6 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	31.0 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Nov	28.0 °C	+2.1 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Dec	22.3 °C	+1.0 °C	3 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.0 °C

26 May 2025

Coldest day

6.0 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

2.9 mm

3 May 2025

Windiest day

30.2 km/h

13 May 2025

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

13 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.3 °C

26 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

23 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Zefta?

Zefta has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 36 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zefta?

The hottest day measured in Zefta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1942, reaching 46.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Zefta?

The coldest day measured in Zefta between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -0.1 °C.

Does it snow in Zefta?

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

Has the climate of Zefta warmed?

Yes: Zefta warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Zefta?

The wettest day measured in Zefta between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1961, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Zefta?

The windiest day measured in Zefta between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 46.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Zefta?

The warmest month in Zefta is July (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Zefta?

Zefta receives on average 36 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 9 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Zefta?

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

Are there tropical nights in Zefta?

Yes: Zefta has on average 111 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zefta?

In Zefta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 14 May 2016, and the lowest was -3.3 °C on 7 February 1950.

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