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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Mazatlan?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Mazatlan 42: Aswan leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Mazatlan 45: Aswan leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan and Mazatlan are level on 30.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Mazatlan 70: Aswan leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Mazatlan 35: Aswan leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches 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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 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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AswanMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanMazatlan
Official languageArabicSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m139 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanMazatlan
City population401,890441,975
People per km²1,072-
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.