Al Bawīţī weather in February

In February, Al Bawīţī sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Al Bawīţī's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Bawīţī's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:49 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 24%; 10th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.6; out of 10

Al Bawīţī is town in the Egyptian depression of el-Bahriya.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical February day in Al Bawīţī reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 4°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	20	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	20	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	9
26	22	10
27	23	10
28	23	10

How February really feels in Al Bawīţī

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Al Bawīţī weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 7°	1	0.2	10.4	8.0
Feb	21° / 8°	1	0.3	11	8.6
Mar	24° / 11°	1	0.3	11.8	9.3
Apr	29° / 15°	0	0	12.7	7.3
May	33° / 19°	0	0.1	13.4	4.5
Jun	36° / 22°	0	0	13.8	3.0
Jul	37° / 23°	0	0	13.6	2.5
Aug	36° / 23°	0	0	13	2.6
Sep	34° / 21°	0	0	12.2	4.1
Oct	30° / 18°	0	0	11.3	6.8
Nov	25° / 13°	0	0.1	10.6	9.1
Dec	20° / 8°	1	0.2	10.2	8.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	83	83	82	82	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	85	85	85	85	86	87	87	87	88	88	88
Cloudier (%)	17	17	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Al Bawīţī gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 15 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:58 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38
Sunset (PM)	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	6:58	5:38
2	10.7	6:58	5:39
3	10.7	6:57	5:40
4	10.7	6:57	5:40
5	10.8	6:56	5:41
6	10.8	6:55	5:42
7	10.8	6:55	5:43
8	10.8	6:54	5:44
9	10.8	6:54	5:44
10	10.9	6:53	5:45
11	10.9	6:52	5:46
12	10.9	6:52	5:47
13	10.9	6:51	5:47
14	11.0	6:50	5:48
15	11.0	6:49	5:49
16	11.0	6:49	5:50
17	11.0	6:48	5:50
18	11.1	6:47	5:51
19	11.1	6:46	5:52
20	11.1	6:45	5:53
21	11.1	6:44	5:53
22	11.2	6:43	5:54
23	11.2	6:43	5:55
24	11.2	6:42	5:55
25	11.3	6:41	5:56
26	11.3	6:40	5:57
27	11.3	6:39	5:57
28	11.3	6:38	5:58

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.84 kWh/m² to a high of 8.19 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 5.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Al Bawīţī

In seasonPeak

None of Al Bawīţī's seasonal hazards are active in February. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Al Bawīţī sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Al Bawīţī?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.6

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Al Bawīţī for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Al Bawīţī in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Al Bawīţī sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Al Bawīţī in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Bawīţī peaks around May 24 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near February 9 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	4	8	10	12	12	11	12	10	8	6	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Al Bawīţī in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Al Bawīţī is worst in April — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 36 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	61	53	66	67	66	61	50	46	48	44	36	45
Level	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	61	Unhealthy
Feb	53	Poor
Mar	66	Unhealthy
Apr	67	Unhealthy
May	66	Unhealthy
Jun	61	Unhealthy
Jul	50	Poor
Aug	46	Poor
Sep	48	Poor
Oct	44	Poor
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	45	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Al Bawīţī?

Al Bawīţī sits at 28.3°N, 28.9°E, 131 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Samālūţ, 180 km away.

Topography around Al Bawīţī

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Bawīţī.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Bawīţī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m around an average of 129 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 313 m.

The land around Al Bawīţī is covered by bare terrain (53%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (84%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

95 m

bare terrain 53%

16 km

211 m

bare terrain 84%

80 km

313 m

bare terrain 99%

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← January Al Bawīţī year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Samālūţ 180 km · Maţāy 187 km · Minya 187 km · Al ‘Idwah 189 km · Banī Mazār 190 km · Banī ‘Ubayd 192 km · Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah 193 km · Maghāghah 196 km

Egypt travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 15% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,086; 2025
Happiness: 3.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 79%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2017
Road deaths: 10.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 459
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Al Bawīţī (28.3483°, 28.8694°, elevation 131 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	20	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	20	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	9
26	22	10
27	23	10
28	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	20	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	20	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	9
26	22	10
27	23	10
28	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	20	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	20	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	9
26	22	10
27	23	10
28	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100