Obour City

Obour City (Arabic: مدينة العبور‎  pronounced [ mæˈdiːnɪt el ʕʊˈbuːɾ], meaning "City of the Crossing") is a city in Qalyubia Governorate, about 35 kilometers north-east of Cairo. The city has approximately 250,000 residents.[1] It has also a hotel called house club It is named as such to honor the crossing of Bar Lev line by the army of Egypt in the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

It is one of the new 16 urban areas in Greater Cairo (among New Cairo, 6th of October City and others).

It is also considered an industrial area and has a great number of factories.

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh),[2] which is very similar to its neighboring area in Cairo and the rest of Egypt.

Climate data for Obour City
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 18.8
(65.8)		 20.7
(69.3)		 24
(75)		 28.4
(83.1)		 32.7
(90.9)		 34.8
(94.6)		 35.1
(95.2)		 34.8
(94.6)		 32.3
(90.1)		 30.1
(86.2)		 25.5
(77.9)		 20.6
(69.1)		 28.15
(82.65)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.4
(56.1)		 14.6
(58.3)		 17.2
(63)		 20.7
(69.3)		 24.6
(76.3)		 27.1
(80.8)		 27.9
(82.2)		 28
(82)		 25.9
(78.6)		 23.7
(74.7)		 19.8
(67.6)		 15.1
(59.2)		 21.5
(70.68)
Average low °C (°F) 8
(46)		 8.5
(47.3)		 10.5
(50.9)		 13.1
(55.6)		 16.6
(61.9)		 19.5
(67.1)		 20.8
(69.4)		 21.3
(70.3)		 19.5
(67.1)		 17.3
(63.1)		 14.1
(57.4)		 9.6
(49.3)		 14.9
(58.78)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 6
(0.24)		 3
(0.12)		 4
(0.16)		 1
(0.04)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 1
(0.04)		 3
(0.12)		 6
(0.24)		 24
(0.96)
Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 59m)[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Grundfos Egypt
  2. 1 2 "Climate: Al-Obour (altitude: 59m) - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 2013-12-13.

External links

Coordinates: 30°12′18″N 31°27′27″E / 30.20500°N 31.45750°E / 30.20500; 31.45750


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