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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aswan or Windhoek?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Aswan leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Windhoek 36: Windhoek leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Windhoek 30: Aswan leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Windhoek 25: Windhoek leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Windhoek 14: Aswan leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Windhoek 30: Aswan leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Windhoek 22: Aswan leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan and Windhoek are level on 30.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Windhoek 62: Aswan leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Windhoek 18: Windhoek leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Windhoek 30: Aswan leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Aswan
Best match
38match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on nightlife 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanWindhoek
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation99 m1,650 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanWindhoek
City population401,890486,169
People per km²1,07295
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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.