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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Aswan
Aswan climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation0 mm1 wet days a year
24.09° N, 32.90° EElevation 99 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
When to goAswan · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low36° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Aswan has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 41° and nights 27°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 0 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (0 mm, 0 wet days) and February the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 1% in September to 13% in December.
Compared with Cairo, the capital, Aswan is 5° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · July
- Coldest nights
- 10° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- September · 1% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 37 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 39 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 23° | 25° | 29° | 35° | 39° | 41° | 41° | 41° | 39° | 36° | 29° | 24° |
| Average low | 10° | 11° | 14° | 19° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 22° | 16° | 11° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 11% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 7% | 13% |
| Daylight | 10h 48 | 11h 21 | 11h 59 | 12h 42 | 13h 18 | 13h 37 | 13h 29 | 12h 59 | 12h 19 | 11h 37 | 10h 59 | 10h 39 |
| Month score | 99 | 100 | 82 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 84 | 100 |
ivMonth by month
Aswan in every month
January99
23° / 10°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
February100
25° / 11°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March82
29° / 14°
0 mm · 0 wet days
April58
35° / 19°
0 mm · 0 wet days
May57
39° / 24°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
June58
41° / 26°
0 mm · 0 wet days
July58
41° / 27°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August58
41° / 27°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
September58
39° / 25°
0 mm · 0 wet days
October58
36° / 22°
0 mm · 0 wet days
November84
29° / 16°
0 mm · 0 wet days
December100
24° / 11°
0 mm · 0 wet days