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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Boston 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 Boston for

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

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Boston 35, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Hurghada 34: Boston leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Hurghada 14: Boston leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Hurghada 40: Boston leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Hurghada 30: Boston leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Hurghada 62: Boston leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Hurghada 22: Boston leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Hurghada 24: Boston leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Hurghada 10: Boston leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 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: Boston and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonHurghada
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation43 m11 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonHurghada
City population675,647214,247
People per km²2,910-
Museums within 10 km511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.