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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Bangkok 12, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Hurghada 34: Bangkok leads by 61 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Hurghada 14: Bangkok leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Hurghada 40: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Hurghada 30: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Hurghada 22: Bangkok leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Hurghada 24: Bangkok leads by 56 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Hurghada 80: Bangkok leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Hurghada 10: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Hurghada 44: Bangkok leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

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.

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokHurghada
Official languageThaiArabic
CurrencyBaht (THB)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation2 m11 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokHurghada
City population5,676,648214,247
People per km²3,619-
Museums within 10 km591
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.