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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Bilbao 45, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Hurghada 34: Bilbao leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Hurghada 14: Bilbao leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Hurghada 40: Bilbao leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Hurghada 72: Bilbao leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Hurghada 30: Bilbao leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Hurghada 22: Bilbao leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Hurghada 24: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Hurghada 10: Bilbao leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around 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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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BilbaoHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoHurghada
Official languageSpanishArabic
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
Elevation19 m11 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoHurghada
City population351,124214,247
People per km²8,440-
Museums within 10 km171
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.