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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aswan or Avignon?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Avignon for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Avignon’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 10, Avignon 22: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Avignon 57: Avignon leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Avignon 69: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Avignon 30: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Avignon 70: Avignon leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Avignon 92: Avignon leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Avignon 45: Avignon leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Avignon 62: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Avignon 38: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Avignon 44: Aswan leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Avignon 68: Avignon leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Avignon 35: Aswan leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Avignon.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanAvignon
Official languageArabicFrench
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation99 m10 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanAvignon
City population401,89092,188
People per km²1,0721,420
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16

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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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.