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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Chengdu?

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
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Chengdu for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Chengdu’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, Chengdu 5: Aswan leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Chengdu 86: Chengdu leads by 56 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Chengdu 60: Aswan leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Chengdu 65: Chengdu leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Chengdu 74: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Chengdu 64: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Chengdu 80: Aswan leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Chengdu 50: Chengdu leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Chengdu 58: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Chengdu.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink 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

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 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). Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanChengdu
Official languageArabicPutonghua
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation99 m500 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanChengdu
City population401,89020,937,757
People per km²1,0721,456
Museums within 10 km310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.