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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Bucharest?

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
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Bucharest for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Bucharest’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, Bucharest 8: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Bucharest 55: Bucharest leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Bucharest 58: Aswan leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Bucharest 70: Bucharest leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan and Bucharest are level on 45.
Day trips. Aswan and Bucharest are level on 52.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Bucharest 52: Bucharest leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Bucharest 52: Bucharest leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Bucharest 45: Bucharest leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Bucharest 70: Aswan leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Bucharest 60: Bucharest leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Bucharest 47: Bucharest leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Bucharest.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Bucharest
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
14 hdaylight a day

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 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). Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanBucharest
Official languageArabicRomanian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Romanian Leu (RON)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation99 m70 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanBucharest
City population401,8901,716,961
People per km²1,0727,597
Museums within 10 km341
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.