Madinaty

Madinaty
suburb
Madinaty

Location in Egypt

Coordinates: 30°05′30″N 31°37′50″E / 30.09167°N 31.63056°ECoordinates: 30°05′30″N 31°37′50″E / 30.09167°N 31.63056°E
Country  Egypt
Governorate Cairo Governorate
Time zone EST (UTC+2)

Madinaty (Arabic: مدينتى  Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈdenti], "My City") is a suburb, aimed at becoming a complete city, in northeast Cairo Governorate, Egypt. It is south of Shorouk and northeast of New Cairo.

Overview

The project is being constructed by Talaat Mostafa Group. The landscape architects are the SWA group. Construction began on July 2006.

The contract by which the land was granted to the company was challenged in the Egyptian court.

Madinaty is being built over an area of 3,200 hectares (8,000 acres), with a total budget of 60 Billion Egyptian pounds.[1]

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh)[2] as the rest of Egypt.

Climate data for Madinaty
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 18
(64)
19.7
(67.5)
23.2
(73.8)
27.9
(82.2)
32.2
(90)
34.4
(93.9)
34.9
(94.8)
34.5
(94.1)
31.9
(89.4)
29.7
(85.5)
24.8
(76.6)
20
(68)
27.6
(81.65)
Daily mean °C (°F) 12.8
(55)
13.8
(56.8)
16.6
(61.9)
20.4
(68.7)
24.2
(75.6)
26.8
(80.2)
27.8
(82)
27.7
(81.9)
25.5
(77.9)
23.4
(74.1)
19.2
(66.6)
14.6
(58.3)
21.07
(69.92)
Average low °C (°F) 7.8
(46)
8
(46)
10.1
(50.2)
12.9
(55.2)
16.3
(61.3)
19.3
(66.7)
20.7
(69.3)
21
(70)
19.1
(66.4)
17.1
(62.8)
13.7
(56.7)
9.3
(48.7)
14.61
(58.28)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 6
(0.24)
4
(0.16)
4
(0.16)
2
(0.08)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
1
(0.04)
4
(0.16)
5
(0.2)
26
(1.04)
Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 230m)[2]

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