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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Genoa?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Genoa for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’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, Genoa 62: Genoa leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Genoa 72: Genoa leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Genoa 76: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Genoa 42: Genoa leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Genoa 78: Genoa leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Genoa 83: Genoa leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Genoa 64: Genoa leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Genoa 66: Genoa leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Genoa 48: Genoa leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Genoa 55: Aswan leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Genoa 52: Genoa leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Genoa 35: Aswan leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Genoa.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Genoa
Best match
61match

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

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanGenoa
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 m20 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanGenoa
City population401,890558,745
People per km²1,0722,325
Museums within 10 km351
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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.