Climate averages 1991–2020

Qūş weather
in February.

A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.1°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 9.0°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Qūş · average highYear overview

February is a warm month in Qūş: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical February (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Luxor (27 km away). In February its highs average 23.8°C, about as warm as Qūş, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Qūş ranks 4th of 107 for the warmest February highs and joint 9th of 107 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; Qūş is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Qūş climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Qūş, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 21.5°C7.5°C7.5°C0.50.210.711 h
February, selected 24.1°C9.0°C9.0°C0.40.111.311 h
March 28.7°C12.5°C12.5°C0.40.112.012 h
April 34.1°C17.0°C17.0°C0.10.012.813 h
May 38.3°C21.6°C21.6°C0.10.013.413 h
June 40.6°C24.0°C24.0°C00.013.714 h
July 40.8°C24.9°C24.9°C00.013.614 h
August 40.8°C24.7°C24.7°C00.013.013 h
September 39.0°C22.5°C22.5°C00.012.312 h
October 35.0°C19.2°C19.2°C0.20.111.612 h
November 28.2°C13.7°C13.7°C0.60.110.911 h
December 23.1°C9.0°C9.0°C0.80.110.611 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

Distance from Qūş

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Qūş) is explained once on the Qūş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.