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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Adelaide or Aswan?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Adelaide’s own page.

Choose Aswan for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Aswan’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Adelaide 68, Aswan 10: Adelaide leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Aswan 30: Adelaide leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Aswan 64: Aswan leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Aswan 8: Adelaide leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Aswan 45: Adelaide leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Aswan 52: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Aswan 32: Adelaide leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Aswan 40: Adelaide leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Aswan 30: Adelaide leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Aswan 92: Aswan leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Aswan 14: Adelaide leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Aswan 40: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Aswan.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Aswan in July

42 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideAswan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideAswan
Official languageEnglishArabic
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation1 m99 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideAswan
City population1,387,290401,890
People per km²1,0711,072
Museums within 10 km133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.