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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Bologna?

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

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

Choose Bologna for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Bologna’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, Bologna 30: Bologna leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Bologna 82: Bologna leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Bologna 77: Bologna leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Bologna 58: Bologna leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Bologna 52: Bologna leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Bologna 95: Bologna leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Bologna 50: Bologna leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Bologna 76: Bologna leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Bologna 55: Bologna leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Bologna 48: Aswan leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Bologna 60: Bologna leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan and Bologna are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Bologna.

Your match

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Aswan
38match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife 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

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 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

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanBologna
Official languageArabicItalian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCFL230 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 m54 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanBologna
City population401,890387,971
People per km²1,0722,754
Museums within 10 km368
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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.