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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’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. Austin 30, Cairo 10: Austin leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Cairo 60: Austin leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Cairo 96: Cairo leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Cairo 48: Austin leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Cairo 30: Austin leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Cairo 66: Cairo leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Cairo 32: Austin leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Cairo 35: Cairo leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Cairo 58: Cairo leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Cairo 95: Cairo leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Cairo 50: Austin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Cairo 15: Austin leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Cairo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Austin
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinCairo
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation149 m23 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinCairo
City population961,8559,801,536
People per km²1,21718,564
Museums within 10 km2148
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.