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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Tel Aviv?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Tel Aviv 57: Aswan leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 74 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Tel Aviv 52: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Tel Aviv 14: Aswan leads by 78 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Tel Aviv 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 Tel Aviv.

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.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanTel Aviv
Official languageArabicHebrew
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 100, fire 102
Elevation99 m5 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAswanTel Aviv
City population401,890467,875
People per km²1,0728,998
Museums within 10 km398
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.