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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Aswan or Victoria Falls?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Aswan leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Victoria Falls 24: Aswan leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Victoria Falls 12: Aswan leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Aswan and Victoria Falls are level on 8.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Victoria Falls 22: Aswan leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Victoria Falls 38: Victoria Falls leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Victoria Falls 45: Victoria Falls leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Victoria Falls 18: Aswan leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Victoria Falls 32: Aswan leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Victoria Falls 10: Aswan leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Victoria Falls 34: Aswan leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Aswan
Best match
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AswanVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanVictoria Falls
Official languageArabicEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180999
Elevation99 m961 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanVictoria Falls
City population401,89033,060
People per km²1,072-
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.