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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Aswan or Florianopolis?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Florianopolis 58: Florianopolis leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Florianopolis 33: Aswan leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Florianopolis 50: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Florianopolis 28: Aswan leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Florianopolis 33: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Florianopolis 60: Aswan leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Florianopolis 28: Florianopolis leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanFlorianopolis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanFlorianopolis
Official languageArabicPortuguese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation99 m3 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanFlorianopolis
City population401,890587,486
People per km²1,072870
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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.