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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Orange Beach?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Orange Beach’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, Orange Beach 86: Orange Beach leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Orange Beach 40: Orange Beach leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Orange Beach 7: Aswan leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Orange Beach 30: Orange Beach leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Orange Beach 60: Orange Beach leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Orange Beach 50: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Orange Beach 75: Orange Beach leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Orange Beach 15: Aswan leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Orange Beach 25: Aswan leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Orange Beach 38: Aswan leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Orange Beach 32: Orange Beach leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Orange Beach 32: Aswan leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Orange Beach.

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.

Orange Beach
Best match
41match

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

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanOrange Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanOrange Beach
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 m4 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanOrange Beach
City population401,8908,095
People per km²1,072196
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

Where else could you go?

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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.