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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aswan or Guadalajara?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Guadalajara for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Guadalajara’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, Guadalajara 5: Aswan leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Guadalajara 75: Guadalajara leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Guadalajara 62: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Guadalajara 68: Guadalajara leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Guadalajara 55: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Guadalajara 66: Guadalajara leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Guadalajara 55: Guadalajara leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Aswan and Guadalajara are level on 40.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Guadalajara 78: Aswan leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Guadalajara 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 Guadalajara.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

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
14 hdaylight a day

Guadalajara in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Guadalajara has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAswanGuadalajara
Official languageArabicSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m1,536 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanGuadalajara
City population401,8901,385,621
People per km²1,0729,556
Museums within 10 km317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.