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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Aswan or Zadar?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Zadar 45: Zadar leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Zadar 55: Aswan leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Zadar 38: Zadar leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Zadar 27: Aswan leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Aswan 92, Zadar 52: Aswan leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Zadar 28: Zadar leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Zadar 35: Aswan leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Zadar.

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.

Zadar
Best match
51match

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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 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

Zadar 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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAswanZadar
Official languageArabicCroatian
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 m5 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAswanZadar
City population401,89070,779
People per km²1,072-
Museums within 10 km31
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. 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.