Weather in Port Said in February

Prime time. February is about as good as Port Said gets. Highs average 16.6 °C, lows 15 °C, and rain falls on 6 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

February ranks 11 of 12 — near the bottom of Port Said's year. May is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 26 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one. Worth keeping in perspective: February is the weakest month of Port Said's year and it is still a perfectly good one. The downside here is small.

Rain falls on only 6 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 16.6 °C days and 15 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 1.6 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest February day reached 25 °C and the coldest night fell to 10.5 °C.

February is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest February on record still delivered 53 mm against 12 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 25 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind sits around 17.7 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity is unremarkable at 72%.

How February sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 16.9 °C in January, 16.6 here, 17.6 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 Port Said'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 17.5 °C in February — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 28 °C in August and bottoms out at 17.5 °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

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

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

February in Port Said versus nearby

If Port Said is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Cairo is a better bet in February — 5.4 °C warmer, 4 days less rain. Alexandria is a better bet in February — 3.3 °C warmer, 2 days less rain.

So: February is a compromise. May is 22 points better and is what Port Said is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Port Said

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