Aswan weather in July

In July, Aswan sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 95% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Aswan's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aswan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 41°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 28°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 5:13 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 6%; 4th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 7.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Aswan is Egyptian city.

Density: 1,013/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~600 BCE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month.

A typical July day in Aswan reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
Avg low (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	40	28
2	40	28
3	40	28
4	40	28
5	40	28
6	40	28
7	40	28
8	40	28
9	40	28
10	40	28
11	40	28
12	40	28
13	40	28
14	40	28
15	40	28
16	40	28
17	40	28
18	41	28
19	41	28
20	41	28
21	41	28
22	41	28
23	41	28
24	41	28
25	41	28
26	41	29
27	41	29
28	41	29
29	41	29
30	41	29
31	41	29

How July really feels in Aswan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Aswan weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 11°	0.2	10.7	9.3
Feb	25° / 13°	0	11.2	9.2
Mar	30° / 16°	0.1	11.8	7.1
Apr	35° / 21°	0	12.5	3.7
May	39° / 25°	0.1	13.1	1.0
Jun	40° / 27°	0	13.5	0.0
Jul	41° / 28°	0	13.3	0.0
Aug	41° / 29°	0	12.8	0.0
Sep	39° / 27°	0	12.1	0.6
Oct	36° / 23°	0.1	11.4	3.0
Nov	29° / 18°	0.2	10.8	7.3
Dec	25° / 13°	0	10.5	9.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 95% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 2%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100
Cloudier (%)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Aswan gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in July

Winds average 15 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:08 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:29 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.5	5:08	6:36
2	13.5	5:08	6:36
3	13.5	5:08	6:36
4	13.5	5:09	6:36
5	13.5	5:09	6:36
6	13.4	5:09	6:36
7	13.4	5:10	6:36
8	13.4	5:10	6:36
9	13.4	5:10	6:36
10	13.4	5:11	6:36
11	13.4	5:11	6:36
12	13.4	5:12	6:35
13	13.4	5:12	6:35
14	13.4	5:12	6:35
15	13.4	5:13	6:35
16	13.4	5:13	6:35
17	13.3	5:14	6:34
18	13.3	5:14	6:34
19	13.3	5:15	6:34
20	13.3	5:15	6:34
21	13.3	5:16	6:33
22	13.3	5:16	6:33
23	13.3	5:16	6:33
24	13.3	5:17	6:32
25	13.2	5:17	6:32
26	13.2	5:18	6:31
27	13.2	5:18	6:31
28	13.2	5:19	6:30
29	13.2	5:19	6:30
30	13.2	5:20	6:29
31	13.1	5:20	6:29

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.67 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.8	Intense
2	7.8	Intense
3	7.8	Intense
4	7.8	Intense
5	7.8	Intense
6	7.8	Intense
7	7.8	Intense
8	7.8	Intense
9	7.7	Intense
10	7.7	Intense
11	7.7	Intense
12	7.7	Intense
13	7.7	Intense
14	7.7	Intense
15	7.7	Intense
16	7.7	Intense
17	7.7	Intense
18	7.6	Intense
19	7.6	Intense
20	7.6	Intense
21	7.6	Intense
22	7.6	Intense
23	7.6	Intense
24	7.6	Intense
25	7.6	Intense
26	7.6	Intense
27	7.5	Intense
28	7.5	Intense
29	7.5	Intense
30	7.5	Intense
31	7.5	Intense

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Aswan

In seasonPeak

None of Aswan's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Aswan sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Is July a good time to visit Aswan?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

2.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aswan.

What to pack for Aswan in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Aswan sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Aswan in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aswan peaks around August 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	6	8	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	8	6	5
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Aswan in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Aswan is worst in March — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	39	38	43	42	42	42	37	37	39	35	30	33
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	39	Poor
Feb	38	Poor
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	42	Poor
May	42	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	37	Poor
Sep	39	Poor
Oct	35	Poor
Nov	30	Moderate
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Aswan?

Aswan sits at 24.1°N, 32.9°E, 99 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Darāw, 35 km away.

Topography around Aswan

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Aswan.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aswan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 119 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 471 m.

The land around Aswan is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and bare terrain (41%) within 3 km, bare terrain (88%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (88%) within 80 km.

3 km

110 m

artificial surfaces 42%

16 km

254 m

bare terrain 88%

80 km

471 m

bare terrain 88%

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← June Aswan year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Darāw 35 km · Kom Ombo 43 km · Ar Radīsīyah Qiblī 91 km · Edfu 99 km · Al Başalīyah Baḩrī 119 km · As Sibā‘īyah 125 km · Esna 138 km · Ţūd 170 km

Egypt travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 15% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,086; 2025
Happiness: 3.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 79%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2017
Road deaths: 10.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 459
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Aswan (24.0908°, 32.8994°, elevation 99 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	40	28
2	40	28
3	40	28
4	40	28
5	40	28
6	40	28
7	40	28
8	40	28
9	40	28
10	40	28
11	40	28
12	40	28
13	40	28
14	40	28
15	40	28
16	40	28
17	40	28
18	41	28
19	41	28
20	41	28
21	41	28
22	41	28
23	41	28
24	41	28
25	41	28
26	41	29
27	41	29
28	41	29
29	41	29
30	41	29
31	41	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	40	28
2	40	28
3	40	28
4	40	28
5	40	28
6	40	28
7	40	28
8	40	28
9	40	28
10	40	28
11	40	28
12	40	28
13	40	28
14	40	28
15	40	28
16	40	28
17	40	28
18	41	28
19	41	28
20	41	28
21	41	28
22	41	28
23	41	28
24	41	28
25	41	28
26	41	29
27	41	29
28	41	29
29	41	29
30	41	29
31	41	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	40	28
2	40	28
3	40	28
4	40	28
5	40	28
6	40	28
7	40	28
8	40	28
9	40	28
10	40	28
11	40	28
12	40	28
13	40	28
14	40	28
15	40	28
16	40	28
17	40	28
18	41	28
19	41	28
20	41	28
21	41	28
22	41	28
23	41	28
24	41	28
25	41	28
26	41	29
27	41	29
28	41	29
29	41	29
30	41	29
31	41	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2