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Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Qaşr al Farāfirah Egypt

In Qaşr al Farāfirah, the summers are long, sweltering, arid, and clear and the winters are short, cool, dry, and mostly clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 43°F to 101°F and is rarely below 38°F or above 106°F.

Based on the beach/pool score, the best times of year to visit Qaşr al Farāfirah for hot-weather activities are from mid May to mid July and from mid August to mid October.

Climate in Qaşr al Farāfirah

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Qaşr al Farāfirah weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The hot season lasts for 4.4 months, from May 11 to September 24, with an average daily high temperature above 94°F. The hottest month of the year in Qaşr al Farāfirah is July, with an average high of 101°F and low of 73°F.

The cool season lasts for 2.9 months, from November 28 to February 25, with an average daily high temperature below 73°F. The coldest month of the year in Qaşr al Farāfirah is January, with an average low of 43°F and high of 66°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Average High and Low Temperature in Qaşr al FarāfirahhotcoolcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°F110°F110°FJan 1766°FJan 1766°FJul 31101°FJul 31101°F43°F43°F74°F74°FMay 1194°FMay 1194°FSep 2494°FSep 2494°FNov 2873°FNov 2873°FFeb 2573°FFeb 2573°F65°F65°F68°F68°F50°F50°F47°F47°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 66°F70°F78°F88°F95°F100°F101°F100°F96°F87°F77°F68°F
Temp. 53°F56°F63°F73°F81°F85°F87°F87°F83°F74°F64°F56°F
Low 43°F45°F51°F59°F66°F71°F73°F73°F70°F63°F53°F46°F

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Average Hourly Temperature in Qaşr al FarāfirahJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNowNowvery coldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoolcoolcoolcoolcomfortablewarmwarmhotsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Picture Rocks, Arizona, United States (7,543 miles away); Ojinaga, Mexico (7,429 miles); and Cotulla, Texas, United States (7,255 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Qaşr al Farāfirah (view comparison).

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In Qaşr al Farāfirah, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Qaşr al Farāfirah begins around May 23 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around October 24.

The clearest month of the year in Qaşr al Farāfirah is September, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 98% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 24 and lasts for 7.0 months, ending around May 23.

The cloudiest month of the year in Qaşr al Farāfirah is December, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 25% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Cloud Cover Categories in Qaşr al FarāfirahclearercloudiercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Sep 799%Sep 799%Dec 973%Dec 973%May 2386%May 2386%Oct 2486%Oct 2486%NowNowclearovercastmostly clearmostly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 21%19%18%20%17%3%4%3%2%11%22%25%
Clearer 79%81%82%80%83%97%96%97%98%89%78%75%

Qaşr al Farāfirah does not experience significant seasonal variation in the frequency of wet days (i.e., those with greater than 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation). The frequency ranges from 0% to 1%, with an average value of 0%.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Qaşr al FarāfirahJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Dec 81%Dec 81%Feb 240%Feb 240%Jan 190%Jan 190%NowNow
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 0.1d0.0d0.1d0.1d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.1d0.2d

The length of the day in Qaşr al Farāfirah varies over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is December 21, with 10 hours, 26 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 20, with 13 hours, 51 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Qaşr al FarāfirahJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hr12 hr, 6 minMar 2012 hr, 6 minMar 2013 hr, 51 minJun 2013 hr, 51 minJun 2012 hr, 7 minSep 2212 hr, 7 minSep 2210 hr, 26 minDec 2110 hr, 26 minDec 21nightnightdayNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 10.7h11.2h12.0h12.8h13.5h13.8h13.6h13.1h12.3h11.5h10.8h10.5h

The earliest sunrise is at 5:34 AM on April 25, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 43 minutes later at 7:17 AM on October 31. The earliest sunset is at 5:13 PM on November 30, and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 53 minutes later at 8:06 PM on July 1.

Daylight saving time (DST) is observed in Qaşr al Farāfirah during 2024, starting in the spring on April 26, lasting 6.2 months, and ending in the fall on October 31.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in Qaşr al FarāfirahJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMApr 255:34 AMApr 255:34 AM8:06 PMJul 18:06 PMJul 1Nov 305:13 PMNov 305:13 PM7:17 AMOct 317:17 AMOct 31Apr 26DSTApr 26DSTDSTOct 31DSTOct 31daynightnightnightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray. The transitions to and from daylight saving time are indicated by the 'DST' labels.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in Qaşr al FarāfirahJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AM000010102020202030303030404050505060607080000010101010202030303030404040405060606070708040NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in Qaşr al Farāfirah

The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The perceived humidity level in Qaşr al Farāfirah, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining a virtually constant 0% throughout.

Humidity Comfort Levels in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Humidity Comfort Levels in Qaşr al FarāfirahJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Mar 70%Mar 70%Sep 190%Sep 190%NowNowdrydrycomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Qaşr al Farāfirah experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 6.9 months, from March 2 to September 30, with average wind speeds of more than 8.6 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Qaşr al Farāfirah is June, with an average hourly wind speed of 9.6 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 5.1 months, from September 30 to March 2. The calmest month of the year in Qaşr al Farāfirah is December, with an average hourly wind speed of 7.5 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Average Wind Speed in Qaşr al FarāfirahwindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mphJun 229.7 mphJun 229.7 mphDec 207.4 mphDec 207.4 mphMar 28.6 mphMar 28.6 mphSep 308.6 mphSep 308.6 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 7.88.38.79.19.39.69.39.08.98.37.77.5

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Qaşr al Farāfirah is from the north throughout the year.

Wind Direction in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Wind Direction in Qaşr al FarāfirahJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNowwestnortheastsouth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Qaşr al Farāfirah throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Qaşr al Farāfirah for general outdoor tourist activities are from mid March to mid April and from early October to late November, with a peak score in the last week of October.

Tourism Score in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Tourism Score in Qaşr al Farāfirahbest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810108.48.45.05.08.08.05.15.1NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Qaşr al Farāfirah for hot-weather activities are from mid May to mid July and from mid August to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of September.

Beach/Pool Score in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Beach/Pool Score in Qaşr al Farāfirahbest timebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810109.09.00.50.58.58.57.97.9NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Qaşr al Farāfirah are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Qaşr al FarāfirahJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%100%Jan 1100%Jan 1100%Jul 2100%Jul 2NowNowvery coldcoldcoolwarmhotswelteringcomfortable
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

Growing Degree Days in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Growing Degree Days in Qaşr al FarāfirahJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F1,000°F1,000°F2,000°F2,000°F3,000°F3,000°F4,000°F4,000°F5,000°F5,000°F6,000°F6,000°F7,000°F7,000°FJan 1890°FJan 1890°FApr 5900°FApr 5900°FMay 131,800°FMay 131,800°FDec 317,524°FDec 317,524°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.8 months, from May 2 to August 28, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 7.6 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Qaşr al Farāfirah is June, with an average of 8.4 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 2.9 months, from November 8 to February 3, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 4.9 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Qaşr al Farāfirah is December, with an average of 4.1 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Qaşr al Farāfirah

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Qaşr al FarāfirahbrightdarkdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhJun 238.5 kWhJun 238.5 kWhDec 174.0 kWhDec 174.0 kWhMay 27.6 kWhMay 27.6 kWhAug 287.6 kWhAug 287.6 kWhFeb 34.9 kWhFeb 34.9 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 4.45.46.57.37.98.48.37.97.05.84.64.1

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Qaşr al Farāfirah are 27.057 deg latitude, 27.970 deg longitude, and 249 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Qaşr al Farāfirah contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 118 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 235 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (968 feet). Within 50 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (1,345 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Qaşr al Farāfirah is covered by bare soil (82%) and cropland (16%), within 10 miles by bare soil (92%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (99%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Qaşr al Farāfirah, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Qaşr al Farāfirah is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Qaşr al Farāfirah, according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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