Burj al ‘Arab weather in February

In February, Burj al ‘Arab sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 28 mm of rain across 5.4 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-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 55% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Burj al ‘Arab's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Burj al ‘Arab's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 28 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:50 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 10th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

← January Burj al ‘Arab year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

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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 Burj al ‘Arab reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°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	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	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	14	14	14

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

Burj al ‘Arab weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 13°	39	7.6	10.2	6.0
Feb	17° / 13°	28	5.4	10.9	6.4
Mar	18° / 14°	14	2.6	11.8	7.5
Apr	21° / 16°	3	0.7	12.7	8.5
May	23° / 19°	1	0.2	13.5	9.2
Jun	25° / 22°	0	0	14	9.5
Jul	27° / 24°	0	0	13.8	9.1
Aug	28° / 25°	0	0	13.1	8.9
Sep	27° / 24°	0	0	12.2	9.0
Oct	25° / 22°	8	1.3	11.2	8.9
Nov	22° / 19°	24	3.9	10.4	8.0
Dec	19° / 15°	34	6.3	10	6.8

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. 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 (%)	75	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	79	79	80	80	81	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84
Cloudier (%)	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	82	18
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

Burj al ‘Arab gets around 28 mm of rain over 5.4 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 19% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	13

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

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 95% 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 (%)	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	91
Comfortable (%)	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	91	9
28	91	9

Wind in February

Winds average 19 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	20	light breeze
2	20	light breeze
3	20	light breeze
4	20	light breeze
5	20	light breeze
6	20	light breeze
7	20	light breeze
8	20	light breeze
9	20	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	19	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	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 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:53 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	10.6	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	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37
Sunset (PM)	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	7:00	5:31
2	10.5	6:59	5:32
3	10.6	6:59	5:33
4	10.6	6:58	5:33
5	10.6	6:57	5:34
6	10.6	6:57	5:35
7	10.7	6:56	5:36
8	10.7	6:55	5:37
9	10.7	6:55	5:38
10	10.7	6:54	5:39
11	10.8	6:53	5:39
12	10.8	6:52	5:40
13	10.8	6:52	5:41
14	10.9	6:51	5:42
15	10.9	6:50	5:43
16	10.9	6:49	5:44
17	10.9	6:48	5:44
18	11.0	6:47	5:45
19	11.0	6:46	5:46
20	11.0	6:45	5:47
21	11.1	6:44	5:48
22	11.1	6:43	5:48
23	11.1	6:42	5:49
24	11.1	6:41	5:50
25	11.2	6:40	5:51
26	11.2	6:39	5:52
27	11.2	6:38	5:52
28	11.3	6:37	5:53

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.25 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)	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	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	Moderate	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	3.7	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	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 Burj al ‘Arab

In seasonPeak

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

Burj al ‘Arab 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 Burj al ‘Arab?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

1.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Burj al ‘Arab for sightseeing.

What to pack for Burj al ‘Arab in February

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

In February, Burj al ‘Arab sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 13°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 5 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Burj al ‘Arab 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 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 7 to Dec 21 — about 7.5 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	21	24	26	27	27	26	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	21	Refreshing
Jun	24	Refreshing
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	27	Warm
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	23	Refreshing
Dec	20	Refreshing

UV index in Burj al ‘Arab 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 Burj al ‘Arab peaks around June 22 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	10	11	11	11	9	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Burj al ‘Arab 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 Burj al ‘Arab is worst in January — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.9× the cleanest month (September, 15 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)	42	31	32	29	24	18	15	15	15	17	22	28
Level	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Burj al ‘Arab?

Burj al ‘Arab sits at 30.9°N, 29.6°E, 26 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Burj al ‘Arab al Jadīdah, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Burj al ‘Arab

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Burj al ‘Arab.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Burj al ‘Arab has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m.

The land around Burj al ‘Arab is covered by cropland (34%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, cropland (32%) and water (30%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (41%), water (30%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

47 m

cropland 34%

16 km

85 m

cropland 32%

80 km

243 m

bare terrain 41%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← January Burj al ‘Arab year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Burj al ‘Arab al Jadīdah 3.0 km · Al Ḩammām 17 km · Alexandria 48 km · An Nūbārīyah 56 km · Abū al Maţāmīr 59 km · Kafr ad Dawwār 61 km · ‘Izbat ‘Alī as Sayyid 63 km · Abū Qīr 66 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 Burj al ‘Arab (30.9032°, 29.5528°, elevation 26 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	13
2	17	13
3	17	13
4	17	13
5	17	13
6	17	13
7	17	13
8	17	13
9	17	13
10	17	13
11	17	13
12	17	13
13	17	13
14	17	13
15	17	13
16	17	13
17	17	13
18	17	13
19	17	13
20	17	13
21	17	13
22	17	13
23	18	13
24	18	13
25	18	13
26	18	14
27	18	14
28	18	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	82	18
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	22
2	22
3	22
4	22
5	22
6	22
7	22
8	22
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	19
16	19
17	19
18	19
19	18
20	18
21	17
22	17
23	16
24	16
25	15
26	15
27	14
28	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	91	9
28	91	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	82	18
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	22
2	22
3	22
4	22
5	22
6	22
7	22
8	22
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	19
16	19
17	19
18	19
19	18
20	18
21	17
22	17
23	16
24	16
25	15
26	15
27	14
28	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	91	9
28	91	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	82	18
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	22
2	22
3	22
4	22
5	22
6	22
7	22
8	22
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	19
16	19
17	19
18	19
19	18
20	18
21	17
22	17
23	16
24	16
25	15
26	15
27	14
28	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	91	9
28	91	9