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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Nashville?

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
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nashville for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Nashville leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Nashville 62: Nashville leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Nashville 50: Aswan leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Nashville 46: Nashville leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Aswan and Nashville are level on 52.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Nashville 55: Nashville leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Nashville 30: Aswan leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Nashville 42: Nashville leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Nashville 30: Aswan leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 68 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Nashville 20: Aswan leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Nashville.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Nashville
Best match
46match

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
14 hdaylight a day

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanNashville
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m182 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanNashville
City population401,890689,447
People per km²1,072506
Museums within 10 km312
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.