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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
GlasgowKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

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

Aswan or Glasgow?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Glasgow for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Glasgow’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, Glasgow 14: Glasgow leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Glasgow 52: Glasgow leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Glasgow 62: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Glasgow 66: Glasgow leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Glasgow 75: Glasgow leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Glasgow 76: Glasgow leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Glasgow 58: Glasgow leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Glasgow 66: Glasgow leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Glasgow 64: Glasgow leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Glasgow 46: Aswan leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Glasgow 72: Glasgow leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Glasgow 28: Aswan leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Glasgow.

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.

Glasgow
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Glasgow in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Glasgow 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.

Glasgow's sunshine is measured 90 km from the centre, at Eskdalemuir.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Glasgow: 1991-2020 normals, Glasgow Airport (11.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanGlasgow
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112 or 999
Elevation99 m21 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGlasgow Airport (GLA)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanGlasgow
City population401,890626,410
People per km²1,072190
Museums within 10 km329
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.