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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Fukuoka?

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

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Fukuoka’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, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Fukuoka 50: Aswan leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Fukuoka 58: Aswan leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Fukuoka 45: Fukuoka leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Fukuoka.

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.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on food and drink 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

Fukuoka in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
301 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanFukuoka
Official languageArabicJapanese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 110, fire 119
Elevation99 m8 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanFukuoka
City population401,8901,603,043
People per km²1,0724,715
Museums within 10 km323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.