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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aswan or Ocean City, Maryland?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocean City, Maryland’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, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Aswan leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Aswan leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Aswan leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Aswan leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Aswan leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Aswan leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Ocean City, Maryland in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ocean City, Maryland has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanOcean City, Maryland
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m2 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanOcean City, Maryland
City population401,8906,844
People per km²1,07273
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.