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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Aswan or Da Nang?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Da Nang’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, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Da Nang 38: Aswan leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Da Nang 44: Da Nang leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Da Nang 72: Da Nang leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Da Nang 38: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Da Nang 40: Da Nang leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Da Nang 90: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Da Nang 20: Da Nang leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Da Nang in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanDa Nang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanDa Nang
Official languageArabicVietnamese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Dong (VND)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation99 m19 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAswanDa Nang
City population401,8902,819,900
People per km²1,072238
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.