Similar Climates › City Pairings › Aswan ≈ Tamanrasset
City Pairings
loose match
Aswan, Egypt and Tamanrasset, Algeria are a loose climate match — 2,793 km (1,735 mi) apart. Aswan is Köppen zone BWh; Tamanrasset is BWh.
See Aswan on the interactive map →Aswan and Tamanrasset both sit in the hot desert (BWh) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They are about 2,793 km (1,735 mi) apart, so Tamanrasset is a reachable stand-in when you want Aswan’s weather elsewhere.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Aswan, though not a perfect copy. July by 4°C (Tamanrasset cooler); January means differ by 4°C (Tamanrasset cooler).
Sunshine stays close: Tamanrasset at 10.8 h/day on average versus 11.1 h/day in Aswan (January 10.2 h / 9.9 h, July 11.3 h / 12.2 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 16 µg/m³ in Tamanrasset vs 26 in Aswan (lower by 10 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Tamanrasset runs about 11°C lower in January (-8°C vs 3°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Tamanrasset, Algeria is the closest distant match for Aswan, Egypt — scored loose, about 2,793 km (1,735 mi) away.
Aswan and Tamanrasset are separated by roughly 2,793 km (1,735 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are hot desert (BWh).
Aswan has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 23°C and a low of 9°C with 0 mm of rain; July averages 41°C / 26°C and 0 mm.
Aswan averages about 9.9 hours of sunshine a day in January and 12.2 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 24 µg/m³ (US AQI 89); July averages 27.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 112).
Other close climate matches for Aswan: Riyadh (loose), Las Vegas (loose), Phoenix (loose).
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