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The Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls, Antibes
AntibesThe Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls
Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Antibes 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 Antibes for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Antibes’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. Antibes 80, Aswan 10: Antibes leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Aswan 30: Antibes leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Aswan 64: Aswan leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Aswan 8: Antibes leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Aswan 45: Antibes leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Aswan 52: Antibes leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Aswan 32: Antibes leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Aswan 40: Antibes leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Aswan 30: Antibes leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Aswan 92: Aswan leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Aswan 14: Antibes leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes and Aswan are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Aswan.

Your match

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

Antibes
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Antibes in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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AntibesAswan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesAswan
Official languageFrenchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation0 m99 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesAswan
City population77,637401,890
People per km²2,9301,072
Museums within 10 km143
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.