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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Cairo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Brisbane 55, Cairo 10: Brisbane leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane and Cairo are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Cairo 96: Cairo leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Cairo 48: Brisbane leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Cairo 30: Brisbane leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Cairo 66: Cairo leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Cairo 32: Brisbane leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Cairo 35: Brisbane leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Cairo 58: Cairo leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Cairo 95: Cairo leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Cairo 50: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Cairo 15: Brisbane leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Cairo.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on families and beaches 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneCairo
Official languageEnglishArabic
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation0 m23 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneCairo
City population2,706,9669,801,536
People per km²17118,564
Museums within 10 km1648
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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.