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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Aswan or Sydney?

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 Sydney for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 85 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Sydney 60: Aswan leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Sydney 50: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Sydney 22: Aswan leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Sydney.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanSydney

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanSydney
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180000
Elevation99 m6 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanSydney
City population401,8905,450,496
People per km²1,072449
Museums within 10 km338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.