What is the climate like in Egypt?

Most of the rainfall in Egypt occurs in winter. In the south of Cairo, the average annual rainfall is only 2 to 5 mm (0. 1 to 0.2 inch), and the interval is many years. In the very thin area along the northern coast, the rainfall can be as high as 4 10/0mm (16. 1 inch), mainly between 10 and March.

Mount Sinai and some northern coastal cities, such as Damietta, Baltim and Sidi Barani, rarely snow in Alexandria. 20 13 12 13 it snowed very little in cairo for the first time in decades. ? Frost is also famous in central Sinai Peninsula and central Egypt. Egypt is the driest and sunniest country in the world, and most of its surface is desert.

The climate in Egypt is unusually hot, sunny and dry. The average temperature in the north is very high, but the average temperature in other parts of the country is very high in summer. The cool Mediterranean winds continue to blow over the northern coast, which helps to get milder temperatures, especially during the summer peak.

Usually the daytime temperature will exceed 40℃( 104℉), sometimes it will exceed 50℃( 122℉), and the relative humidity will drop to 5% or even lower.

The absolute maximum temperature in Egypt occurred during the Kamason attack. The weather in Egypt is always sunny, especially in Aswan, Luxor and Esyut. This is one of the parts of the earth that are cloudy and have the least rainfall.

geography

Egypt covers an area of 65,438+0,006,5438+0,450 square kilometers, spanning Asia and Africa, most of which are located in the northeast of Africa, and the Sinai Peninsula east of the Suez Canal is located in the southwest of Asia.

Egypt has a unique geographical position: on land, it connects Asia and Africa; At sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean are also connected with the Red Sea through the Suez Canal. Therefore, Egypt has been a battleground for military strategists since historical records. At present, Egypt is bordered by Libya in the west, Sudan in the south, the Red Sea, Palestine and Israel in the east and the Mediterranean Sea in the north.

95% of Egypt is desert. Mount Catherine, the highest peak, is 2629 meters above sea level.

The Nile is the longest river in the world, running through the whole territory from south to north, with a total length of 1.350 km, and a narrow valley with a width of about 3- 1.6 km is formed on both sides, forming a delta of 24,000 square kilometers north of the capital Cairo. The valleys and deltas on both sides of the river only account for 4% of Egypt's total area, but 99% of Egypt's population lives in compact communities.