15th of May City
| 15th of May City مدينة 15 مايو | |
|---|---|
  15th of May City Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 29°49′35″N 31°21′53″E / 29.826271°N 31.364755°ECoordinates: 29°49′35″N 31°21′53″E / 29.826271°N 31.364755°E | |
| Country |
 Egypt |
| Governorate | Cairo |
| Time zone | EST (UTC+2) |
15th of May City (Arabic: مدينة 15 مايو) is a suburb of eastern Helwan, Egypt, and is part of Greater Cairo. It was established in 1978, and is located south of the Nile Delta and east of central Helwan city. It was constructed to solve the problem of insufficient accommodation.[1]
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh),[2] as the rest of Egypt. Due to its closeness to Helwan, it has very similar averages.
| Climate data for 15th of May City | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) |
21.1 (70) |
24.4 (75.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
35.4 (95.7) |
35.9 (96.6) |
35.5 (95.9) |
32.8 (91) |
30.8 (87.4) |
26.1 (79) |
21.2 (70.2) |
28.78 (83.81) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
27.8 (82) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
22.1 (71.77) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11 (52) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
20 (68) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20 (68) |
18.1 (64.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.44 (59.82) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.16) |
3 (0.12) |
2 (0.08) |
1 (0.04) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2 (0.08) |
5 (0.2) |
17 (0.68) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 87m)[2] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ Mohamed, Adel; S. Araffa, Nagi Mahmoud (2011). "Delineation of Near-Surface Structure in the Southern Part of 15th of May City, Cairo, Egypt Using Geological, Geophysical and Geotechnical Techniques" (PDF). Pure and Applied Geophysics 169: 1641–1654. doi:10.1007/s00024-011-0415-y. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- 1 2 "Climate: 15th of May City - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
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