Climate averages 1991–2020
Aswān weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Aswān: daytime highs average 39.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kom Ombo (43 km away). In May its highs average 39.0°C, about as warm as Aswān, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Aswān ranks 1st of 107 for the warmest May highs and joint 38th of 107 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 107 cities is 33.1°C; Aswān is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 40.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aswān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 25.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 39.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 40.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 40.9°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| August | 41.1°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 39.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 10.711 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
May in nearby cities
- Kom Ombo in MayEgypt · 43 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Edfu in MayEgypt · 99 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Esna in MayEgypt · 138 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Armant in MayEgypt · 174 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Luxor in MayEgypt · 181 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Qūş in MayEgypt · 203 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Farshūţ in MayEgypt · 231 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Qina in MayEgypt · 231 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aswān) is explained once on the Aswān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.