Siwa weather in February

In February, Siwa sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% 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 Siwa's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Siwa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:04 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 10th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; 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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical February day in Siwa reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 24°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	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

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

How February really feels in Siwa

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.

Siwa weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 7°	2	0.5	10.3	7.8
Feb	20° / 8°	3	0.7	11	8.3
Mar	24° / 11°	2	0.4	11.8	9.2
Apr	28° / 15°	0	0.1	12.7	7.8
May	33° / 19°	0	0.1	13.4	5.0
Jun	36° / 22°	0	0	13.8	2.9
Jul	37° / 23°	0	0	13.7	2.2
Aug	37° / 24°	0	0	13	2.4
Sep	34° / 22°	0	0	12.2	4.1
Oct	30° / 18°	0	0	11.3	7.0
Nov	24° / 13°	1	0.2	10.5	9.0
Dec	20° / 9°	2	0.5	10.2	8.2

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% 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 (%)	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	85
Cloudier (%)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15

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

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Siwa gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in February, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% 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	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
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 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	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	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	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	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	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 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 7:13 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:11 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	10.7	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	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:13	5:50
2	10.6	7:12	5:51
3	10.7	7:12	5:52
4	10.7	7:11	5:52
5	10.7	7:11	5:53
6	10.7	7:10	5:54
7	10.8	7:10	5:55
8	10.8	7:09	5:56
9	10.8	7:08	5:56
10	10.8	7:08	5:57
11	10.9	7:07	5:58
12	10.9	7:06	5:59
13	10.9	7:05	6:00
14	10.9	7:05	6:00
15	11.0	7:04	6:01
16	11.0	7:03	6:02
17	11.0	7:02	6:03
18	11.0	7:01	6:03
19	11.1	7:00	6:04
20	11.1	7:00	6:05
21	11.1	6:59	6:06
22	11.1	6:58	6:06
23	11.2	6:57	6:07
24	11.2	6:56	6:08
25	11.2	6:55	6:09
26	11.3	6:54	6:09
27	11.3	6:53	6:10
28	11.3	6:52	6:11

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 8.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 5.02 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)	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	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
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Siwa

In seasonPeak

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

Siwa 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 Siwa?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Siwa in February

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

In February, Siwa sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Siwa 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 Siwa peaks around August 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 14 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	7	10	11	11	11	12	10	8	6	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	10	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Siwa 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 Siwa is worst in March — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 26 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)	46	43	51	49	48	43	35	33	31	28	26	32
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	46	Poor
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	51	Poor
Apr	49	Poor
May	48	Poor
Jun	43	Poor
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	26	Moderate
Dec	32	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Siwa?

Siwa sits at 29.2°N, 25.5°E, -15 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is As Sallūm, 264 km away.

Topography around Siwa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Siwa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of -12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m.

The land around Siwa is covered by trees (44%) and bare terrain (33%) within 3 km, bare terrain (87%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

27 m

trees 44%

16 km

139 m

bare terrain 87%

80 km

262 m

bare terrain 99%

treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: As Sallūm 264 km · An-Najaylah 265 km · Sīdī Barānī 271 km · Marsá Maţrūḩ 290 km · Al Bawīţī 340 km · El Dabaa 347 km · Tobruk 354 km · Al Ḩammām 415 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 Siwa (29.2032°, 25.5196°, elevation -15 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	19	7
3	19	7
4	19	8
5	19	8
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	20	8
12	20	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	20	8
18	20	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	9
24	21	9
25	22	9
26	22	10
27	22	10
28	22	10

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

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

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

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

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

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