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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Aswan or New Orleans?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose New Orleans for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: New Orleans leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 77 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, New Orleans 42: Aswan leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Aswan and New Orleans are level on 52.
Good for families. Aswan 32, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, New Orleans 40: Aswan leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, New Orleans 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 New Orleans.

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.

New Orleans
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanNew Orleans
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 m-2 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanNew Orleans
City population401,890383,997
People per km²1,072423
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.