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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Fortaleza San Felipe, Puerto Plata
Puerto PlataThe Fortaleza San Felipe

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Puerto Plata by CareAhLine, CC0.

Aswan or Puerto Plata?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Puerto Plata for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Plata’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, Puerto Plata 80: Puerto Plata leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Puerto Plata 40: Puerto Plata leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Puerto Plata 35: Aswan leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Puerto Plata 38: Puerto Plata leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Puerto Plata 68: Puerto Plata leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Puerto Plata 48: Aswan leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Puerto Plata 57: Puerto Plata leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Puerto Plata 30: Aswan leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan and Puerto Plata are level on 30.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Puerto Plata 64: Aswan leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Puerto Plata 18: Puerto Plata leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Puerto Plata 35: Aswan leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Puerto Plata.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Puerto Plata
Best match
45match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Puerto Plata in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Puerto Plata 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). Puerto Plata: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Puerto Plata (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanPuerto Plata
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m34 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGregorio Luperon International Airport (POP)13 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanPuerto Plata
City population401,890-
People per km²1,072-
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.