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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Buenos AiresThe Teatro Colón

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Buenos Aires by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Buenos Aires?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Buenos Aires for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Buenos Aires’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, Buenos Aires 7: Aswan leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Buenos Aires 75: Buenos Aires leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Buenos Aires 71: Buenos Aires leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Buenos Aires 95: Buenos Aires leads by 87 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Buenos Aires 38: Aswan leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Buenos Aires 60: Buenos Aires leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Buenos Aires 52: Buenos Aires leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Buenos Aires 62: Buenos Aires leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Buenos Aires 60: Buenos Aires leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Buenos Aires 55: Aswan leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Buenos Aires 75: Buenos Aires leads by 61 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Buenos Aires 28: Aswan leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Buenos Aires.

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.

Buenos Aires
Best match
57match

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

Buenos Aires in July

15 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanBuenos Aires

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Buenos Aires: 1991-2020 normals, Aeroparque Bs. As. Aerodrome (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanBuenos Aires
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180117 or 911
Elevation99 m25 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsEzeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE)28 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanBuenos Aires
City population401,8903,121,707
People per km²1,07215,355
Museums within 10 km376
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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. 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.