VacationSelector
Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Atlanta?

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 Aswan for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Atlanta for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Atlanta’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. Aswan and Atlanta are level on 10.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Atlanta 68: Atlanta leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Atlanta 55: Aswan leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Atlanta 65: Atlanta leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Atlanta 60: Atlanta leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Aswan and Atlanta are level on 52.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Atlanta 70: Atlanta leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Atlanta 28: Aswan leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Atlanta 50: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Atlanta 40: Aswan leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Atlanta 62: Atlanta leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Atlanta 33: Aswan leads by 7 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Atlanta.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Atlanta
Best match
49match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Aswan in July

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°50°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150JFMAMJJASOND
AswanAtlanta

Where the figures come from

Atlanta 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanAtlanta
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m225 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanAtlanta
City population401,890498,715
People per km²1,0721,433
Museums within 10 km327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Aswan or Atlanta somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.