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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Aswan for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Antwerp 15, Aswan 10: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Aswan 30: Antwerp leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Aswan 64: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Aswan 8: Antwerp leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Aswan 45: Aswan leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Aswan 52: Antwerp leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Aswan 32: Antwerp leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Aswan 40: Antwerp leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Aswan 30: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Aswan 92: Aswan leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Aswan 14: Antwerp leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Aswan 40: Aswan leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Aswan.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Aswan in July

42 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Antwerp has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpAswan
Official languageFrench, German, DutchArabic
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
Elevation7 m99 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpAswan
City population529,247401,890
People per km²2,5421,072
Museums within 10 km383
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.