VacationSelector
Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aswan or San Sebastian?

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 San Sebastian for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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, San Sebastian 68: San Sebastian leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 58 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, San Sebastian 52: Aswan leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, San Sebastian 44: San Sebastian leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, San Sebastian 72: San Sebastian leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, San Sebastian 66: San Sebastian leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, San Sebastian 40: San Sebastian leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, San Sebastian 32: Aswan leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, San Sebastian 45: San Sebastian leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, San Sebastian 50: San Sebastian leads by 10 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and San Sebastian.

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.

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and food and drink 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

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°50°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200250JFMAMJJASOND
AswanSan Sebastian

Where the figures come from

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanSan Sebastian
Official languageArabicSpanish
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 m6 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanSan Sebastian
City population401,890189,866
People per km²1,0723,118
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Aswan or San Sebastian somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.