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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Interlaken?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Interlaken’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, Interlaken 30: Interlaken leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Interlaken 25: Aswan leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Interlaken 8: Aswan leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Interlaken 15: Interlaken leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Interlaken 22: Aswan leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Interlaken 8: Aswan leads by 84 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Interlaken 15: Interlaken leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan and Interlaken are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Interlaken.

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.

Interlaken
Best match
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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
14 hdaylight a day

Interlaken in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanInterlaken

Where the figures come from

Interlaken 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). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanInterlaken
Official languageArabicFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCJ230 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 m571 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanInterlaken
City population401,8906,123
People per km²1,0721,424
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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.