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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Lima?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Lima for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Lima leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Lima 88: Lima leads by 58 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Lima 66: Lima leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Lima 62: Lima leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan and Lima are level on 45.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Lima 34: Aswan leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Lima 42: Lima leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Lima 35: Aswan leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Lima 52: Lima leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Lima 70: Aswan leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Lima 53: Lima leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Lima 25: Aswan leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Lima.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Lima
Best match
51match

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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanLima
Official languageArabicSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180111 or 911
Elevation99 m154 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanLima
City population401,8909,943,800
People per km²1,0723,721
Museums within 10 km347
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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.