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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Savannah?

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

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Savannah 35: Aswan leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan and Savannah are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Savannah.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Savannah
Best match
51match

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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanSavannah
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m15 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanSavannah
City population401,890147,780
People per km²1,072524
Museums within 10 km319
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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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. 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.