Is Aswān safe? Egypt travel risk
Is Aswān safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Aswān scores 51/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Egypt Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 15 Jul 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 4 Aug 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Aswān scores 51/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Egypt (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Aswān: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (69/100) and crime and scams (45/100).
A score of 51 is higher than the scores of 69% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Egypt travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Aswān (24.0889° N, 32.8997° E), Aswān sits 682.4 km NNW from Cairo at 99 m elevation.
Aswān
24.0889° N, 32.8997° E
99 m
Africa/Cairo
267,913
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Egypt)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Aswān happened in November (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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