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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License.

Aswan or Kotor?

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
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Kotor for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Kotor’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, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Kotor 37: Kotor leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Kotor 55: Aswan leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Kotor 30: Kotor leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Kotor 80: Kotor leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Kotor 72: Kotor leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Kotor 36: Kotor leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Kotor 48: Kotor leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Kotor 20: Aswan leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Kotor 57: Aswan leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Kotor 20: Kotor leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Kotor 24: Aswan leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Kotor.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Kotor
Best match
45match

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

Kotor in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Kotor 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.

Kotor's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Podgorica-Grad.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanKotor
Official languageArabicMontenegrin
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 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 m10 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAswanKotor
City population401,890562
People per km²1,072-
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.