Aswan weather in May

In May, Aswan sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 40°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of May to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Aswan's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aswan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 39°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 5:10 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 15%; 7th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 7.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.0; 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 May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 40°C by the end.

A typical May day in Aswan reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 2°C cooler than June.

	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)	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Avg low (°C)	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	37	23
2	37	23
3	37	24
4	37	24
5	37	24
6	37	24
7	38	24
8	38	24
9	38	24
10	38	24
11	38	25
12	38	25
13	38	25
14	38	25
15	38	25
16	39	25
17	39	25
18	39	25
19	39	25
20	39	26
21	39	26
22	39	26
23	39	26
24	40	26
25	40	26
26	40	26
27	40	26
28	40	26
29	40	26
30	40	27
31	40	27

How May really feels in Aswan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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

12 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Aswan weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-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 May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

	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 (%)	89	89	89	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	93	93	93
Cloudier (%)	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Aswan gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in May. 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 1% 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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	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	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 99% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
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

Wind in May

Winds average 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
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	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	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of May to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:19 AM to 5:05 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:27 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)	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:19	5:18	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:05
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	5:19	6:12
2	12.9	5:18	6:13
3	12.9	5:18	6:13
4	12.9	5:17	6:14
5	13.0	5:16	6:14
6	13.0	5:16	6:15
7	13.0	5:15	6:15
8	13.0	5:14	6:16
9	13.0	5:14	6:16
10	13.1	5:13	6:17
11	13.1	5:12	6:17
12	13.1	5:12	6:18
13	13.1	5:11	6:18
14	13.1	5:11	6:19
15	13.1	5:10	6:19
16	13.2	5:10	6:20
17	13.2	5:09	6:20
18	13.2	5:09	6:21
19	13.2	5:08	6:21
20	13.2	5:08	6:22
21	13.2	5:08	6:22
22	13.3	5:07	6:22
23	13.3	5:07	6:23
24	13.3	5:07	6:23
25	13.3	5:06	6:24
26	13.3	5:06	6:24
27	13.3	5:06	6:25
28	13.3	5:05	6:25
29	13.3	5:05	6:26
30	13.4	5:05	6:26
31	13.4	5:05	6:27

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.83 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 — May's 7.83 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)	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9
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	7.7	Intense
2	7.7	Intense
3	7.7	Intense
4	7.8	Intense
5	7.8	Intense
6	7.8	Intense
7	7.8	Intense
8	7.8	Intense
9	7.8	Intense
10	7.8	Intense
11	7.8	Intense
12	7.8	Intense
13	7.8	Intense
14	7.9	Intense
15	7.9	Intense
16	7.9	Intense
17	7.9	Intense
18	7.9	Intense
19	7.9	Intense
20	7.9	Intense
21	7.9	Intense
22	7.9	Intense
23	7.9	Intense
24	7.9	Intense
25	7.9	Intense
26	7.9	Intense
27	7.9	Intense
28	7.9	Intense
29	7.9	Intense
30	7.9	Intense
31	7.9	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Aswan

In seasonPeak

In May, Aswan sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Dust

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Dec

Is May a good time to visit Aswan?

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

1.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aswan.

What to pack for Aswan in May

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

In May, Aswan sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Aswan in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (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 May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May 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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← April Aswan year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May 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	37	23
2	37	23
3	37	24
4	37	24
5	37	24
6	37	24
7	38	24
8	38	24
9	38	24
10	38	24
11	38	25
12	38	25
13	38	25
14	38	25
15	38	25
16	39	25
17	39	25
18	39	25
19	39	25
20	39	26
21	39	26
22	39	26
23	39	26
24	40	26
25	40	26
26	40	26
27	40	26
28	40	26
29	40	26
30	40	27
31	40	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	37	23
2	37	23
3	37	24
4	37	24
5	37	24
6	37	24
7	38	24
8	38	24
9	38	24
10	38	24
11	38	25
12	38	25
13	38	25
14	38	25
15	38	25
16	39	25
17	39	25
18	39	25
19	39	25
20	39	26
21	39	26
22	39	26
23	39	26
24	40	26
25	40	26
26	40	26
27	40	26
28	40	26
29	40	26
30	40	27
31	40	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	37	23
2	37	23
3	37	24
4	37	24
5	37	24
6	37	24
7	38	24
8	38	24
9	38	24
10	38	24
11	38	25
12	38	25
13	38	25
14	38	25
15	38	25
16	39	25
17	39	25
18	39	25
19	39	25
20	39	26
21	39	26
22	39	26
23	39	26
24	40	26
25	40	26
26	40	26
27	40	26
28	40	26
29	40	26
30	40	27
31	40	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
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