Climate averages 1991–2020
New Cairo weather
in February.
A mild, very dry month: the joint 10th warmest and one of the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in New Cairo: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Shorouk (18 km away). In February its highs average 19.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than New Cairo, with 4.0 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, New Cairo ranks joint 97th of 107 for the warmest February highs and 68th of 107 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; New Cairo is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 5.1 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
New Cairo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 4.8 | 1.6 | 10.410 h |
| February, selected | 19.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 5.1 | 1.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 34.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 35.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 34.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 32.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| November | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| December | 19.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 10.310 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- El Shorouk in FebruaryEgypt · 18 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Al Khuşūş in FebruaryEgypt · 20 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Cairo in FebruaryEgypt · 22 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Al-'Ubūr in FebruaryEgypt · 22 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.7°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Al Khānkah in FebruaryEgypt · 22 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Shubrā al Khaymah in FebruaryEgypt · 24 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Giza in FebruaryEgypt · 25 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Al Ḩawāmidīyah in FebruaryEgypt · 26 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 3.6 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for New Cairo) is explained once on the New Cairo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.