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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aswan or Biarritz?

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

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

Choose Biarritz for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Biarritz’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, Biarritz 68: Biarritz leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Biarritz 62: Biarritz leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Biarritz 33: Aswan leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Biarritz 36: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Biarritz 74: Biarritz leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Biarritz 80: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Biarritz 62: Biarritz leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Biarritz 58: Biarritz leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Biarritz 42: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Biarritz 30: Aswan leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Biarritz 38: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Biarritz 64: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Biarritz.

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.

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches 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

Biarritz in July

24 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
97 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanBiarritz

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Biarritz: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Biarritz (2.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanBiarritz
Official languageArabicFrench
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation99 m0 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanBiarritz
City population401,89026,206
People per km²1,0722,240
Museums within 10 km38
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.