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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Vancouver?

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 Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Vancouver 42: Aswan leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Vancouver 45: Aswan leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Vancouver 27: Aswan leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Vancouver.

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.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanVancouver

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanVancouver
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation99 m2 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanVancouver
City population401,890662,248
People per km²1,0725,759
Museums within 10 km326
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.