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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Ottawa?

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 Ottawa for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Ottawa 45: Ottawa leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Ottawa 62: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Ottawa 40: Ottawa leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Ottawa 40: Aswan leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Ottawa 52: Ottawa leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Ottawa.

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.

Ottawa
Best match
51match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
14 hdaylight a day

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 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). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanOttawa
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
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 m70 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanOttawa
City population401,8901,017,449
People per km²1,072366
Museums within 10 km320
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.