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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The wharf at Queenstown with the Remarkables behind, Queenstown
QueenstownThe wharf at Queenstown with the Remarkables behind

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Queenstown by Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Queenstown?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Queenstown for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Queenstown’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, Queenstown 20: Queenstown leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Queenstown 45: Queenstown leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Queenstown 12: Aswan leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Queenstown 42: Queenstown leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Queenstown 97: Queenstown leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Queenstown 50: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Queenstown 60: Queenstown leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Queenstown 45: Queenstown leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Queenstown 28: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Queenstown 20: Aswan leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan and Queenstown are level on 14.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Queenstown 42: Queenstown leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Queenstown.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Queenstown
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Queenstown in July

6 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
115 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
9 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanQueenstown

Where the figures come from

Queenstown has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Queenstown: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAswanQueenstown
Official languageArabicEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180111
Elevation99 m324 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsQueenstown Airport (ZQN)7 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanQueenstown
City population401,89029,000
People per km²1,072-
Museums within 10 km30
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.