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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Aswan or Florence?

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

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

Choose Florence for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Florence’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, Florence 14: Florence leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Florence 74: Florence leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Florence 94: Florence leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Florence 42: Florence leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Florence 58: Florence leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Florence 98: Florence leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Florence 45: Florence leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Florence 78: Florence leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Florence 72: Florence leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Florence 35: Aswan leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Florence 58: Florence leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Florence 42: Florence leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Florence.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips 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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanFlorence
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 m50 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanFlorence
City population401,890360,930
People per km²1,0723,528
Museums within 10 km3141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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. 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.