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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aswan or Montevideo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Montevideo 54: Aswan leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Montevideo 34: Aswan leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Montevideo 42: Aswan leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Montevideo 38: Aswan leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanMontevideo
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m41 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanMontevideo
City population401,8901,302,954
People per km²1,0721,785
Museums within 10 km336
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.