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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aswan or Quito?

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 Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Aswan leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Quito 54: Quito leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Quito 77: Quito leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Quito 40: Quito leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Quito 86: Quito leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Quito 55: Quito leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Aswan and Quito are level on 32.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Quito 45: Quito leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Quito 40: Quito leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Quito 78: Aswan leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Quito 38: Quito leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Quito 44: Quito leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Quito.

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.

Quito
Best match
50match

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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanQuito
Official languageArabicSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m2,850 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanQuito
City population401,8901,763,275
People per km²1,0724,735
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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.