Egypt

Aswān in May

Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast

May weather in Aswān

May in Aswān averages daily highs of 40°C and lows of 26°C, with 13 hours of sunshine a day and rain on about less than 1 of 31 days.

Daily high
40°C average
Overnight low
26°C average
Rain days
less than 1 of 31 days with at least 1 mm (less than 1% rain-day chance)
Sunshine
13 hours a day
Daylight
13 hours calculated day length

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Aswān in May

May in Aswān: average highs of 40°C, lows of 26°C and 13 hours of sunshine a day. A starting point for planning around the historical weather.

May in Aswān, Egypt, brings average daily highs of 40°C and overnight lows of 26°C in the 2016–2025 historical record. Allow room to shorten long outdoor plans when the day's forecast is hotter than you want. A schedule with easy breaks and less travelling between stops will give you more choices.

In the record, at least 1 mm of rain or snow falls on <1 of 31 days on average, a daily chance of <1%. Rain has been relatively infrequent in this record, which leaves more scope for an outdoor plan. Still keep an alternative for a wet day: a low monthly average cannot tell you when the rain will arrive.

The calculated day length, sunrise to sunset, averages about 13 hours. Sunshine averages 13 hours a day. Use the daylight window to plan the length of excursions, and check local sunrise and sunset times for the dates of your stay. Sunshine is a separate measure, and those hours need not arrive in one uninterrupted stretch.

For nature trips or walks, keep the longest outings movable and check route conditions locally; a monthly climate average cannot establish whether a particular path is accessible. For a culture-focused visit, group the places you want to see into manageable areas, with time between stops. Check each venue's opening dates before fixing the order.

June has an average daily high of 42°C, 2°C higher than May. Its historical rain-day chance is 0%, compared with <1% this month. If your dates are flexible, compare those trade-offs with the kind of days you want. Neither set of averages predicts the conditions of one particular holiday.

Sources

Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
  • Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
  • Averages of every day in May, on local days. Every year is weighted equally.
  • A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. Daylight is calculated from latitude, sunrise to sunset; sunshine hours are separate.