Ash-Shaykh Zāyid weather in February

In February, Ash-Shaykh Zāyid sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 60% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Ash-Shaykh Zāyid's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ash-Shaykh Zāyid's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:43 AM – 5:38 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 10th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

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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 Ash-Shaykh Zāyid reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°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 1°C warmer than January and about 3°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	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11

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

How February really feels in Ash-Shaykh Zāyid

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.

Ash-Shaykh Zāyid weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-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° / 9°	3	0.8	10.3	7.9
Feb	21° / 10°	3	0.8	10.9	8.2
Mar	24° / 12°	4	0.5	11.8	9.1
Apr	28° / 15°	1	0.2	12.7	8.0
May	32° / 18°	1	0.1	13.5	5.4
Jun	35° / 21°	0	0	13.9	3.8
Jul	36° / 22°	0	0	13.7	3.2
Aug	35° / 23°	0	0	13.1	3.2
Sep	34° / 22°	0	0	12.2	4.5
Oct	30° / 19°	1	0.1	11.3	6.7
Nov	25° / 15°	2	0.4	10.5	8.8
Dec	21° / 11°	2	0.4	10.1	8.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% 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 19%. 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 (%)	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Ash-Shaykh Zāyid gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.8 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 3% and peaks near 3% 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 (%)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 13 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 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 42 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:52 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:48 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)	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	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	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31
Sunset (PM)	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	6:52	5:27
2	10.6	6:52	5:27
3	10.6	6:51	5:28
4	10.6	6:51	5:29
5	10.7	6:50	5:30
6	10.7	6:50	5:31
7	10.7	6:49	5:32
8	10.7	6:48	5:33
9	10.8	6:48	5:33
10	10.8	6:47	5:34
11	10.8	6:46	5:35
12	10.8	6:45	5:36
13	10.9	6:45	5:37
14	10.9	6:44	5:37
15	10.9	6:43	5:38
16	10.9	6:42	5:39
17	11.0	6:41	5:40
18	11.0	6:40	5:41
19	11.0	6:40	5:41
20	11.1	6:39	5:42
21	11.1	6:38	5:43
22	11.1	6:37	5:44
23	11.1	6:36	5:44
24	11.2	6:35	5:45
25	11.2	6:34	5:46
26	11.2	6:33	5:47
27	11.3	6:32	5:47
28	11.3	6:31	5:48

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.4 kWh/m² to a high of 8.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.59 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)	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2
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	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Ash-Shaykh Zāyid

In seasonPeak

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

Ash-Shaykh Zāyid sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Ash-Shaykh Zāyid?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Ash-Shaykh Zāyid for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ash-Shaykh Zāyid in February

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

In February, Ash-Shaykh Zāyid sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Ash-Shaykh Zāyid 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 Ash-Shaykh Zāyid peaks around June 17 at about 11 (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	7	8	11	11	11	11	9	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Ash-Shaykh Zāyid 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 Ash-Shaykh Zāyid is worst in January — around 88 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.7× the cleanest month (July, 32 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)	88	81	71	59	51	39	32	34	40	50	72	81
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	88	Unhealthy
Feb	81	Unhealthy
Mar	71	Unhealthy
Apr	59	Unhealthy
May	51	Poor
Jun	39	Poor
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	50	Poor
Nov	72	Unhealthy
Dec	81	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Ash-Shaykh Zāyid?

Ash-Shaykh Zāyid sits at 30.0°N, 31.0°E, 133 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Kirdāsah, 11 km away.

Topography around Ash-Shaykh Zāyid

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ash-Shaykh Zāyid.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ash-Shaykh Zāyid has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 139 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 671 m.

The land around Ash-Shaykh Zāyid is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) and bare terrain (29%) within 3 km, bare terrain (53%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (53%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

115 m

artificial surfaces 67%

16 km

255 m

bare terrain 53%

80 km

671 m

bare terrain 53%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Ash-Shaykh Zāyid year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Kirdāsah 11 km · Awsīm 17 km · Giza 20 km · Abū an Numrus 21 km · Manshīyat al Qanāţir 21 km · Būlāq Abū al ‘Ilā 23 km · 6th of October City 23 km · Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah 23 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 Ash-Shaykh Zāyid (30.02°, 31°, elevation 133 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	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	10
13	20	10
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	21	10
23	22	10
24	22	10
25	22	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16

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

	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