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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Las Vegas?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Las Vegas for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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 and Las Vegas are level on 10.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Las Vegas 25: Aswan leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 80 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Las Vegas 25: Aswan leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Las Vegas 25: Aswan leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Las Vegas 38: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Las Vegas 35: Aswan leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 64 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan and Las Vegas are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Las Vegas.

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.

Las Vegas
Best match
47match

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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanLas Vegas
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m610 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanLas Vegas
City population401,890641,903
People per km²1,0721,843
Museums within 10 km321
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.