As Sallūm weather in February

In February, As Sallūm sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is As Sallūm's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see As Sallūm's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 11 mm; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:08 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 10th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

As Sallūm is town in Egypt.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical February day in As Sallūm reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

As Sallūm weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 11°	20	3.9	10.2	6.4
Feb	17° / 11°	11	2.6	10.8	6.8
Mar	19° / 13°	5	1.4	11.8	7.8
Apr	21° / 15°	3	0.7	12.7	8.6
May	24° / 18°	2	0.4	13.6	9.2
Jun	27° / 21°	0	0	14	9.2
Jul	29° / 23°	0	0	13.8	8.2
Aug	29° / 24°	0	0	13.2	7.7
Sep	28° / 23°	1	0.2	12.2	8.4
Oct	26° / 20°	5	1.4	11.2	8.8
Nov	22° / 16°	12	2.3	10.4	8.2
Dec	18° / 13°	15	3.1	10	7.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. 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 (%)	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

As Sallūm gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.6 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 9% and peaks near 10% 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 (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7

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

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 20 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 21 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:18 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 6:10 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)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:55
Sunset (PM)	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	7:18	5:47
2	10.5	7:18	5:48
3	10.5	7:17	5:49
4	10.6	7:17	5:50
5	10.6	7:16	5:51
6	10.6	7:15	5:52
7	10.6	7:15	5:53
8	10.7	7:14	5:53
9	10.7	7:13	5:54
10	10.7	7:12	5:55
11	10.7	7:12	5:56
12	10.8	7:11	5:57
13	10.8	7:10	5:58
14	10.8	7:09	5:59
15	10.9	7:08	6:00
16	10.9	7:08	6:00
17	10.9	7:07	6:01
18	10.9	7:06	6:02
19	11.0	7:05	6:03
20	11.0	7:04	6:04
21	11.0	7:03	6:05
22	11.1	7:02	6:05
23	11.1	7:01	6:06
24	11.1	7:00	6:07
25	11.2	6:59	6:08
26	11.2	6:58	6:09
27	11.2	6:57	6:09
28	11.2	6:55	6:10

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.99 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.27 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)	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for As Sallūm

In seasonPeak

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

As Sallūm sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in April.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit As Sallūm?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

1.8

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit As Sallūm for sightseeing.

What to pack for As Sallūm in February

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

In February, As Sallūm sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a windbreaker.

a windbreaker

Sea temperature near As Sallūm in February

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 22 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in March near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 16 to Dec 17 — about 7.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	18	17	17	18	20	23	26	27	27	25	23	20
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	18	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	20	Refreshing
Jun	23	Refreshing
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	27	Warm
Oct	25	Warm
Nov	23	Refreshing
Dec	20	Refreshing

UV index in As Sallūm 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 As Sallūm peaks around August 13 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (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)	3	4	6	9	9	10	10	10	9	7	5	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	9	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in As Sallūm 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 As Sallūm is worst in January — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (July, 11 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)	33	26	27	24	18	14	11	12	12	13	18	20
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	33	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	11	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	12	Good
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	20	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is As Sallūm?

As Sallūm sits at 31.6°N, 25.2°E, 5 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Sīdī Barānī, 73 km away.

Topography around As Sallūm

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around As Sallūm has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m.

The land around As Sallūm is covered by bare terrain (60%) and water (29%) within 3 km, bare terrain (60%) and water (34%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (70%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

188 m

bare terrain 60%

16 km

210 m

bare terrain 60%

80 km

250 m

bare terrain 70%

grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January As Sallūm year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Sīdī Barānī 73 km · Tobruk 128 km · An-Najaylah 136 km · Marsá Maţrūḩ 198 km · Siwa 264 km · Darnah 273 km · Al Qubbah 305 km · El Dabaa 318 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 As Sallūm (31.5537°, 25.1579°, elevation 5 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	17	11
2	17	11
3	17	11
4	17	11
5	17	11
6	17	11
7	17	11
8	17	11
9	17	11
10	17	11
11	17	11
12	17	11
13	17	11
14	17	11
15	17	11
16	17	11
17	17	11
18	17	11
19	17	11
20	17	11
21	18	11
22	18	11
23	18	12
24	18	12
25	18	12
26	18	12
27	18	12
28	18	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20

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

	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