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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Portofino?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Portofino for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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, Portofino 60: Portofino leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Portofino 36: Portofino leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Portofino 22: Aswan leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Portofino 14: Portofino leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Portofino 33: Portofino leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Portofino 29: Aswan leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Portofino 9: Aswan leads by 83 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Portofino 7: Aswan leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Portofino 42: Portofino leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Portofino.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Aswan
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °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

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanPortofino
Official languageArabicItalian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCFL230 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 m20 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanPortofino
City population401,890355
People per km²1,072142
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.