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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Antwerp 15, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Hurghada 34: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Hurghada 14: Antwerp leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Hurghada 40: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Hurghada 30: Antwerp leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Antwerp and Hurghada are level on 62.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Hurghada 22: Antwerp leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Hurghada 24: Antwerp leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Hurghada 10: Antwerp leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpHurghada
Official languageFrench, German, DutchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation7 m11 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpHurghada
City population529,247214,247
People per km²2,542-
Museums within 10 km381
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.