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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance, Keystone
KeystoneThe Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Keystone by Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Keystone?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Keystone for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Keystone’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, Keystone 5: Aswan leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Keystone 27: Aswan leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Keystone 7: Aswan leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Keystone 12: Keystone leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Keystone 93: Keystone leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Keystone 55: Keystone leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Keystone 66: Keystone leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Keystone 50: Keystone leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Keystone 22: Aswan leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Keystone 12: Aswan leads by 80 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Keystone 22: Keystone leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Keystone 32: Aswan leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Keystone.

Your match

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

Aswan
Best match
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Keystone
34match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Keystone in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanKeystone

Where the figures come from

Keystone's temperatures are measured 51 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Keystone's station stands 232 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Keystone 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). Keystone: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (50.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanKeystone
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m2,796 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)116 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanKeystone
City population401,8901,369
People per km²1,07213
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.