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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Hong Kong?

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 Hong Kong for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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, Hong Kong 50: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 60 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Hong Kong 60: Aswan leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 58 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Hong Kong 27: Aswan leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Hong Kong 42: Hong Kong leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Hong Kong.

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.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife 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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanHong Kong
Official languageArabicStandard Chinese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180999
Elevation99 m7 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanHong Kong
City population401,8907,413,070
People per km²1,072-
Museums within 10 km339
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. 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.