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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Cairo?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Cairo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Cairo’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. Adelaide 68, Cairo 10: Adelaide leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Cairo 60: Adelaide leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Cairo 96: Cairo leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Cairo 48: Cairo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Cairo 30: Adelaide leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Cairo 66: Cairo leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Cairo 32: Adelaide leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Cairo 35: Adelaide leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Cairo 58: Cairo leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Cairo 95: Cairo leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Cairo 50: Adelaide leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Cairo 15: Adelaide leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Cairo.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideCairo
Official languageEnglishArabic
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation1 m23 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideCairo
City population1,387,2909,801,536
People per km²1,07118,564
Museums within 10 km1348
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.