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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aswan or Marmaris?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Marmaris 40: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Marmaris 18: Aswan leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Marmaris 55: Marmaris leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Marmaris 38: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Marmaris 62: Aswan leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Marmaris 12: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Marmaris
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches 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

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °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

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanMarmaris
Official languageArabicTurkish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation99 m7 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanMarmaris
City population401,89097,818
People per km²1,072111
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.