Aswan, Egypt

If you're planning a trip of museums, food and old streets, Aswan deserves a close look. This Egypt destination lies on the desert belt, and its climate record peaks at a 99/100 sun score in November — 30°C afternoons under 14% average cloud cover.

June is the heat peak, averaging 42°C highs; January is the cool end, when nights dip to around 9°C. Rain is most likely in August, when about 1% of days see meaningful rainfall, and least likely in February (0%). If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on February–December.

Averaged by season, sun scores land at 79 for spring, 69 for summer, 78 for autumn and 97 for winter — with typical afternoons of 35°, 42°, 35° and 24°C respectively. In short: plan around winter if you can, keep spring as the fallback, and go into summer with managed expectations (its season score is 69). A practical compromise is December — the edge of the warm window, averaging 25°C with a 98 sun score.

Best months to visit Aswan

The best month on record is November — a 99/100 sun score, built on 14% cloud cover and 0% rain-day odds — followed by December and January. In practice you have flexibility — January–April and November–December all stay above a 70 sun score. Skip September if sunshine is the point — it bottoms out at 67/100.

For context: in November, Aswan is drier than 95% of the desert destinations we track.

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The live forecast backs this up: of the next 16 days, 14 look mostly clear and none carry meaningful rain risk, in a 16–36°C band. Today's cached sun score is 96/100.