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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License.

Aswan or Palermo?

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

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

Choose Palermo for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Palermo’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, Palermo 77: Palermo leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Palermo 81: Palermo leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Palermo 80: Palermo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Palermo 58: Palermo leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Palermo 72: Palermo leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Palermo 84: Palermo leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Palermo 44: Palermo leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Palermo 50: Palermo leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Palermo 44: Palermo leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Palermo 63: Aswan leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Palermo 62: Palermo leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Palermo 30: Aswan leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Palermo.

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.

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches 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

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanPalermo
Official languageArabicItalian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation99 m14 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanPalermo
City population401,890630,167
People per km²1,0723,924
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.