Minya weather in February

In February, Minya sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% 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 Minya's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Minya's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:41 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover: 25%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

Minya is city in Middle 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical February day in Minya reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 27°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11

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

How February really feels in Minya

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.

Minya weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-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	20° / 8°	1	0.2	10.4	8.3
Feb	22° / 10°	1	0.2	11	8.8
Mar	25° / 13°	1	0.2	11.8	9.2
Apr	30° / 16°	0	0	12.7	6.7
May	34° / 21°	0	0	13.4	3.9
Jun	37° / 23°	0	0	13.7	2.5
Jul	37° / 25°	0	0	13.6	2.0
Aug	37° / 25°	0	0	13	2.1
Sep	35° / 23°	0	0	12.2	3.5
Oct	32° / 20°	0	0	11.3	5.9
Nov	26° / 15°	1	0.1	10.6	8.9
Dec	21° / 10°	1	0.2	10.3	8.7

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	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	83	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	84	84	85	85	85	87	87	87	88	88
Cloudier (%)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	12	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Minya gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
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 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	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
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 6:50 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:51 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	10.9	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	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30
Sunset (PM)	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51

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

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 8.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 5.15 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)	4.7	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	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.5	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 Minya

In seasonPeak

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

Minya sees seasonal dust haze (March–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Minya?

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

8.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Minya in February

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

In February, Minya sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Minya in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Minya peaks around July 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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	5	7	8	10	10	11	10	8	6	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Minya 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 Minya is worst in January — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 35 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)	80	73	67	57	51	42	35	36	40	47	59	68
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	80	Unhealthy
Feb	73	Unhealthy
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	51	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	59	Unhealthy
Dec	68	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Minya?

Minya sits at 28.1°N, 30.8°E, 52 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Minya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Minya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 403 m.

The land around Minya is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and cropland (31%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

121 m

artificial surfaces 40%

16 km

172 m

cropland 48%

80 km

403 m

bare terrain 81%

treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah 6.0 km · Banī ‘Ubayd 16 km · Abū Qurqāş 20 km · Samālūţ 25 km · Maţāy 36 km · Mallawī 41 km · Banī Mazār 45 km · Dayr Mawās 51 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 Minya (28.0919°, 30.7581°, elevation 52 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	21	9
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	10
17	22	10
18	22	10
19	22	10
20	22	10
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	10
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	24	11
28	24	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
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