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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Aswan or Osaka?

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

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

Choose Osaka for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 61 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Osaka 63: Aswan leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 72 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Osaka 58: Osaka leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 56 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Osaka 60: Aswan leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Osaka.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanOsaka
Official languageArabicJapanese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 110, fire 119
Elevation99 m20 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanOsaka
City population401,8902,751,862
People per km²1,07212,340
Museums within 10 km344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.