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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Toronto?

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 Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Toronto 50: Aswan leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Toronto 50: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Toronto 34: Aswan leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Toronto 33: Aswan leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanToronto
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
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 m76 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanToronto
City population401,8902,794,356
People per km²1,0724,434
Museums within 10 km332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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.