Editing Dahab (section)

== Geography ==
=== Landscape ===
Dahab contains many mineral deposits, including rutile, zircon, monazite, leucoxene, and gold. Many of these are Neoproterozoic rocks such as [[schist]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Surour |first=Adel A. |last2=El-Kammar |first2=Ahmed. M. A. |last3=Arafa |first3=Ebtisam H. |last4=Korany |first4=Hala M. |date=2021-12-01 |title=Mineralogy and geochemistry of fine-grained Dahab stream sediments, Southeastern Sinai, Egypt: emphasis on the intergrowths of Fe–Ti oxides |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-021-00475-1 |journal=Acta Geochimica |language=en |volume=40 |issue=6 |pages=871–894 |doi=10.1007/s11631-021-00475-1 |issn=2365-7499|url-access=subscription }}</ref> 

=== Climate ===
Dahab has a [[hot desert climate]] ([[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system|Köppen]]: BWh)<ref name="Climate-Data.org">{{cite web | url= http://en.climate-data.org/location/8574/ | title= Climate: Dahab - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table | access-date = 13 August 2013
| publisher = climate-data.org }}</ref> as the rest of Egypt. The weather on summer days is very hot and also quite hot at night. Winter days are warm and nights are mild. Dahab has a very dry climate and rain is rare, even during the winter months. The precipitation peaks in February.<ref name="Climate-Data.org"/>

{{Weather box
|width = auto
|location = Dahab
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes

|Jan high C = 21.0
|Feb high C = 22.4
|Mar high C = 25.3
|Apr high C = 28.7
|May high C = 32.2
|Jun high C = 34.7
|Jul high C = 35.5
|Aug high C = 35.8
|Sep high C = 33.5
|Oct high C = 30.5
|Nov high C = 26.5
|Dec high C = 22.2

|Jan mean C=15.6
|Feb mean C=16.7
|Mar mean C=19.6
|Apr mean C=22.9
|May mean C=26.1
|Jun mean C=29.0
|Jul mean C=30.2
|Aug mean C=30.4
|Sep mean C=28.4
|Oct mean C=25.1
|Nov mean C=21.1
|Dec mean C=16.8

|Jan low C = 10.2
|Feb low C = 11.0
|Mar low C = 14.0
|Apr low C = 17.1
|May low C = 20.1
|Jun low C = 23.4
|Jul low C = 24.9
|Aug low C = 25.0
|Sep low C = 23.4
|Oct low C = 19.8
|Nov low C = 15.7
|Dec low C = 11.5

|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation mm = 1
|Feb precipitation mm = 2
|Mar precipitation mm = 2
|Apr precipitation mm = 0
|May precipitation mm = 0
|Jun precipitation mm = 0
|Jul precipitation mm = 0
|Aug precipitation mm = 0
|Sep precipitation mm = 0
|Oct precipitation mm = 1
|Nov precipitation mm = 1
|Dec precipitation mm = 2

|Jan rain days=1
|Feb rain days=1
|Mar rain days=1
|Apr rain days=1
|May rain days=1
|Jun rain days=0
|Jul rain days=0
|Aug rain days=0
|Sep rain days=0
|Oct rain days=1
|Nov rain days=1
|Dec rain days=1

|Jand sun=8
|Febd sun=9
|Mard sun=9
|Aprd sun=10
|Mayd sun=11
|Jund sun=13
|Juld sun=13
|Augd sun=12
|Sepd sun=11
|Octd sun=10
|Novd sun=9
|Decd sun=8

|source 1 = ''Climate-Data.org''<ref name="Climate-Data.org"/>

|source 2 = ''Weather to Travel'' for rainy days and sunshine<ref name="Weather to Travel">{{cite web|url=http://www.weather2travel.com/climate-guides/egypt/dahab.php|title=Dahab Climate and Weather Averages, Egypt|access-date=5 November 2013|publisher=Weather to Travel|archive-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117193323/https://www.weather2travel.com/climate-guides/egypt/dahab.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

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