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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Portland?

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 Portland for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Portland leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Portland 68: Portland leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Portland 38: Aswan leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Portland 52: Portland leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Portland 84: Portland leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Portland 58: Portland leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Portland 55: Portland leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Portland 62: Portland leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Portland 52: Portland leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Portland 38: Aswan leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Portland 55: Portland leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Portland 42: Portland leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Portland.

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.

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 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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AswanPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanPortland
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 m152 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanPortland
City population401,890652,503
People per km²1,0721,736
Museums within 10 km317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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.