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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Aswan or Fethiye?

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 Fethiye for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Fethiye’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, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Fethiye 45: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Fethiye 35: Aswan leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Fethiye 42: Fethiye leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Fethiye 60: Fethiye leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Fethiye 50: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Fethiye 38: Fethiye leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Fethiye 62: Aswan leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Fethiye 15: Fethiye leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Fethiye.

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.

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches 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

Fethiye in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Fethiye's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Fethiye has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanFethiye
Official languageArabicTurkish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation99 m0 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanFethiye
City population401,890182,200
People per km²1,072-
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.