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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Berlin’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. Berlin 38, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Hurghada 34: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Hurghada 14: Berlin leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Hurghada 40: Berlin leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Hurghada 30: Berlin leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Hurghada 62: Berlin leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Hurghada 22: Berlin leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Hurghada 24: Berlin leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Hurghada 10: Berlin leads by 80 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Hurghada 44: Berlin leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 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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BerlinHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinHurghada
Official languageGermanArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCF230 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
Elevation34 m11 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinHurghada
City population3,700,577214,247
People per km²4,153-
Museums within 10 km1571
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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.