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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Los Angeles?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Los Angeles for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Los Angeles 66: Los Angeles leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 59 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 52 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Los Angeles 25: Aswan leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Los Angeles 24: Aswan leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 69 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanLos Angeles

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanLos Angeles
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 m106 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanLos Angeles
City population401,8903,898,747
People per km²1,0722,994
Museums within 10 km339
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.