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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Porto?

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 Porto for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Porto leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Porto 70: Porto leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Porto 68: Porto leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Porto 65: Porto leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Porto 64: Porto leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Porto 79: Porto leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Porto 52: Porto leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Porto 66: Porto leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Porto 52: Porto leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Porto 62: Aswan leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Porto 52: Porto leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Porto 34: Aswan leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Porto.

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.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on nightlife 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanPorto
Official languageArabicPortuguese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation99 m104 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanPorto
City population401,890273,476
People per km²1,0726,606
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.