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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Skiers at the foot of the slopes in the village, Copper Mountain
Copper MountainSkiers at the foot of the slopes in the village

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Copper Mountain by SparkFunElectronics, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Copper Mountain?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Copper Mountain for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Copper Mountain’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, Copper Mountain 3: Aswan leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Copper Mountain 20: Aswan leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Copper Mountain 4: Aswan leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Copper Mountain 12: Copper Mountain leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Copper Mountain 90: Copper Mountain leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Copper Mountain 55: Copper Mountain leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Copper Mountain 62: Copper Mountain leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Copper Mountain 48: Copper Mountain leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Copper Mountain 8: Aswan leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Copper Mountain 18: Aswan leads by 74 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Copper Mountain 8: Aswan leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Copper Mountain 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 Copper Mountain.

Your match

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

Aswan
Best match
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Copper Mountain
30match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Copper Mountain in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanCopper Mountain

Where the figures come from

Copper Mountain's temperatures are measured 35 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Copper Mountain 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Copper Mountain: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (35.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanCopper Mountain
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m2,955 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)132 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanCopper Mountain
City population401,890650
People per km²1,0728
Museums within 10 km30
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.