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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License.

Aswan or Lucerne?

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 Lucerne for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Lucerne leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Lucerne 35: Lucerne leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Lucerne 58: Aswan leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Lucerne 28: Lucerne leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Lucerne 78: Lucerne leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Lucerne 8: Aswan leads by 84 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Lucerne.

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.

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
14 hdaylight a day

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanLucerne
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 m436 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanLucerne
City population401,89086,234
People per km²1,0722,963
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.