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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Killarney?

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 Killarney for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Killarney’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, Killarney 22: Killarney leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Killarney 33: Killarney leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Killarney 28: Aswan leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Killarney 32: Killarney leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Killarney 58: Killarney leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Killarney 47: Killarney leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Killarney 22: Aswan leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Killarney 35: Aswan leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Killarney.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife 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

Killarney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
88 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Killarney's temperatures are measured 53 km from the centre, at Valentia Observatory.

Killarney 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). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanKillarney
Official languageArabicEnglish, Irish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation99 m50 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanKillarney
City population401,89014,412
People per km²1,072-
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.