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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Aswan or Havana?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Havana for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Havana’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, Havana 64: Havana leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Havana 40: Havana leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Havana 77: Havana leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Havana 60: Havana leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Havana 34: Aswan leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Havana 38: Aswan leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Havana 34: Havana leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Havana 38: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan and Havana are level on 30.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Havana 58: Aswan leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Havana 74: Havana leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Havana 22: Aswan leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Havana.

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.

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
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

Havana 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanHavana
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation99 m59 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanHavana
City population401,8902,492,618
People per km²1,0723,423
Museums within 10 km312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.