Climate of Egypt
Egypt has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification: BWh). The climate is generally dry. The temperatures are hot or very hot in summer days and warm or mild in winter days, but warm in summer nights and cool in winter nights.
In the northern coast of Egypt, as long as too close to the Mediterranean sea, temperatures range between a minimum average of 9.5 °C (49.1 °F) at night in winter, 17 °C (63 °F) at days, average of 23 °C (73 °F) at summer night and a maximum average of 31 °C (88 °F) at day in summer.
In desert regions the temperature varies greatly, especially in summer; it may range from 7 °C (45 °F) at night, to 40 °C (104 °F) during the day. While the winter temperature in deserts does not fluctuate as wildly, it can be as low as 0 °C (32 °F) at night, and as high as 18 °C (64.4 °F) during the day. Sometime between March and May, a hot and dry sand storm, known as Khamsin winds, blow from the south east up to the north.
Egypt receives less than 80 mm (3.15 in) of precipitation annually in most areas, although in the coastal areas it reaches 200 mm. It hardly ever rains during the summer.
| Climate data for Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31 (88) |
36 (97) |
40 (104) |
42 (108) |
44 (111) |
48 (118) |
44 (111) |
42 (108) |
44 (111) |
41 (106) |
37 (99) |
33 (91) |
48 (118) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 18.9 (66) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
33.9 (93) |
34.7 (94.5) |
34.2 (93.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
29.2 (84.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
27.8 (82) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
15.0 (59) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1 (30) |
−2 (28) |
3 (37) |
3 (37) |
10 (50) |
10 (50) |
17 (63) |
14 (57) |
16 (61) |
11 (52) |
2 (36) |
−2 (28) |
−2 (28) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 5.0 (0.197) |
3.8 (0.15) |
3.8 (0.15) |
1.1 (0.043) |
0.5 (0.02) |
0.1 (0.004) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.7 (0.028) |
3.8 (0.15) |
5.9 (0.232) |
24.7 (0.972) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 mm) | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 14.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 217 | 232 | 279 | 300 | 310 | 360 | 372 | 341 | 300 | 279 | 240 | 186 | 3,416 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization (UN)[1], Bing Weather[2] for record temperatures, BBC Weather[3]for data of sunshine hours and March record low | |||||||||||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Weather Information for Cairo".
- ^ Cairo, Egypt Monthly Averages - Bing Weather[You must have an IP from the United States of America to see the page]
- ^ Average Conditions - Cairo" BBC Weather. Retrieved January 21, 2013
- Egypt Weather and Climate Tour Egypt.
- Somewheredifferent Check weather in Egypt!
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