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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Palm Springs

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Aswan or Palm Springs?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Palm Springs for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Palm Springs’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, Palm Springs 7: Aswan leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Palm Springs 40: Palm Springs leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Palm Springs 42: Aswan leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Palm Springs 36: Palm Springs leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Palm Springs 78: Palm Springs leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Palm Springs 38: Aswan leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Palm Springs 40: Palm Springs leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Palm Springs 22: Aswan leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Palm Springs 44: Palm Springs leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Palm Springs 32: Aswan leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Palm Springs 40: Palm Springs leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Palm Springs 80: Palm Springs leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Palm Springs.

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.

Palm Springs
Best match
42match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Palm Springs in July

42 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Palm Springs 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). Palm Springs: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Palm Springs (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanPalm Springs
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m146 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsPalm Springs International Airport (PSP)2 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanPalm Springs
City population401,89044,575
People per km²1,072181
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.