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Satellite map Köppen climate map of Egypt. Egypt essentially has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).The climate is generally extremely dry all over the country except on the northern Mediterranean coast which receives rainfall in winter.
Egypt's Pyramids near Cairo, showing the proximity of the large urban population to the desert. This image shows how Egypt's infrastructure is organized. Climate change is causing Egypt’s already hot and arid climate to experience environmental stresses including extreme temperatures, droughts, floods, and sea level rise. [1]
The Delta has a hot desert climate (Köppen: BWh) as the rest of Egypt, but its northernmost part, as is the case with the rest of the northern coast of Egypt which is the wettest region in the country, has relatively moderate temperatures, with highs usually not surpassing 31 °C (88 °F) in the summer. Only 100–200 mm (4–8 in) of rain ...
The Greater Cairo Area and its surrounding region is classified as hot desert climate (BWh) in Köppen-Geiger classification, as all of Egypt.Cairo and its surrounding region have very similar day to day temperatures; however, the less populated parts at the east and the west do not experience the urban heat island effect, which makes them more prone to have soft hail.
Egypt borders Libya to the west, Palestine and Israel to the east and Sudan to the south (with a current dispute over the halaib triangle). Egypt has an area of 1,002,450 km 2 (387,050 sq mi). The longest straight-line distance in Egypt from north to south is 1,420 km (880 mi), while that from east to west measures 1,275 km (792 mi).
The Red Sea coastal desert extends north and south along the Red Sea and Gulf of Suez, which bound it on the east.It includes both a narrow coastal strip and the Red Sea Hills, a range of coastal mountains that runs parallel to the coast.
Topographic Map Locator map Climate change in Algeria has wide-reaching effects on the country. Algeria was not a significant contributor to climate change, [75] but, like other countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, is expected to be among the most affected by climate change impacts. [76]
Cairo weather observations by French savants. In Cairo, and along the Nile River Valley, the climate is a hot desert climate (BWh according to the Köppen climate classification system [164]). Wind storms can be frequent, bringing Saharan dust into the city, from March to May and the air often becomes uncomfortably dry. Winters are mild to warm ...