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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License.

Aswan or Bergen?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Bergen for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Bergen’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, Bergen 20: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Bergen 47: Bergen leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Bergen 55: Aswan leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Bergen 40: Bergen leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Bergen 88: Bergen leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Bergen 38: Aswan leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Bergen 60: Bergen leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Bergen 74: Bergen leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Bergen 33: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Bergen 12: Aswan leads by 80 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Bergen 58: Bergen leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Bergen 32: Aswan leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Bergen.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Bergen
Best match
46match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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

Bergen in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanBergen

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanBergen
Official languageArabicNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation99 m5 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanBergen
City population401,890291,189
People per km²1,0723,339
Museums within 10 km331
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.