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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Aswan or Paris?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Paris for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Aswan leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Paris 96: Paris leads by 66 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Paris 97: Paris leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Paris 80: Paris leads by 72 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Paris 52: Paris leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Paris 92: Paris leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Paris 79: Paris leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Paris 88: Paris leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Paris 98: Paris leads by 68 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Paris 25: Aswan leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Paris 88: Paris leads by 74 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan and Paris are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Paris.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanParis
Official languageArabicFrench
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 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 m27 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanParis
City population401,8902,103,778
People per km²1,07219,960
Museums within 10 km3251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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. 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.