Aswan
Elevation 99 m24.09° N, 32.90° E
When to go?
Mean 17 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 23 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 32 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 39 °C
Mean 34 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 41 °C
Mean 35 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 42 °C
Mean 35 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 42 °C
Mean 33 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 40 °C
Mean 29 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 23 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are November–March. Avoid April–October (hot, at times extreme heat).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.1 °C; in the last ten years by +1.6 °C. Warmest year: 2010 (+2.6 °C), coldest: 1983 (−1.0 °C).
August and September warmed the most (+1.7 and +1.6 °C), April the least (+0.5 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 26 °C) begins 3 days earlier and ends 6 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.