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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
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Hurghada?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Hurghada 34: Adelaide leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Hurghada 14: Adelaide leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Hurghada 40: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Hurghada 30: Adelaide leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Hurghada 62: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Hurghada 22: Adelaide leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Hurghada 24: Adelaide leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Hurghada 10: Adelaide leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideHurghada
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 m11 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideHurghada
City population1,387,290214,247
People per km²1,071-
Museums within 10 km131
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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.