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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Gold Coast?

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 Gold Coast for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’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, Gold Coast 92: Gold Coast leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Gold Coast 47: Gold Coast leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Gold Coast 15: Aswan leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Gold Coast 55: Gold Coast leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Gold Coast 82: Gold Coast leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Aswan and Gold Coast are level on 52.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Gold Coast 89: Gold Coast leads by 57 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Gold Coast 45: Gold Coast leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Gold Coast 40: Gold Coast leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Gold Coast 35: Aswan leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Gold Coast 30: Gold Coast leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Gold Coast 42: Gold Coast leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Gold Coast.

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.

Gold Coast
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanGold Coast
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+10
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180000
Elevation99 m12 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanGold Coast
City population401,890607,665
People per km²1,072433
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.