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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Catania?

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 Catania for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Catania’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, Catania 72: Catania leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Catania 77: Catania leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Catania 62: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Catania 60: Catania leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Catania 83: Catania leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Catania 84: Catania leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Catania 50: Catania leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Catania 48: Catania leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Catania 42: Catania leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Catania 60: Aswan leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Catania 55: Catania leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Catania 30: Aswan leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Catania.

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.

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanCatania
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 m7 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanCatania
City population401,890311,584
People per km²1,0721,704
Museums within 10 km325
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.