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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Belfast?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Belfast for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Belfast’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, Belfast 20: Belfast leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Belfast 50: Belfast leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Belfast 55: Aswan leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Belfast 50: Belfast leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Belfast 74: Belfast leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Belfast 66: Belfast leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Belfast 58: Belfast leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Belfast 62: Belfast leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Belfast 45: Belfast leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Belfast 48: Aswan leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Belfast 55: Belfast leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Belfast 25: Aswan leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Belfast.

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.

Belfast
Best match
51match

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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanBelfast
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112 or 999
Elevation99 m3 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanBelfast
City population401,890345,006
People per km²1,0723,000
Museums within 10 km38
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.