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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Aswan or Jerusalem?

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

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Jerusalem 38: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Jerusalem 60: Jerusalem leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Jerusalem 52: Jerusalem leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Jerusalem 55: Jerusalem leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Jerusalem 20: Aswan leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on food and drink and beaches 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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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

Jerusalem 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). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanJerusalem
Official languageArabicHebrew
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 100, fire 102
Elevation99 m754 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAswanJerusalem
City population401,8901,050,151
People per km²1,0728,374
Museums within 10 km369
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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.