Weather in Alexandria in February

Prime time. February is about as good as Alexandria gets. Highs average 19.9 °C, lows 10.4 °C, and rain falls on 4 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

February ranks 4 of 12 in Alexandria: past the worst of the year but short of April, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain falls on only 4 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average February reaches 30 °C. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest February day reached 32.2 °C and the coldest night fell to 5.8 °C.

February is moderately variable: 4 mm in the driest year against 32 mm in the wettest, around an average of 15 mm. Roughly two Februarys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 11.8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 66%.

How February sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 18.7 °C in January, 19.9 here, 22.9 in March. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in February

11.1 hours of daylight, gaining 0.9 hours across the month. That is between Alexandria's extremes of 14.2 and 10.1 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 17.4 °C in February — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 27.4 °C in August and bottoms out at 17.3 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

February in Alexandria versus nearby

If Alexandria is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Cairo is close enough to be a coin toss — 2.1 °C warmer, 2 days less rain. Port Said is the weaker option in February — 3.3 °C cooler, 2 days more rain.

So: February is effectively as good as it gets here — 5 points behind April, which is inside the margin where the weather stops being the deciding factor and price starts being it.

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