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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Brussels’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. Brussels 18, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Hurghada 34: Brussels leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Hurghada 14: Brussels leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Hurghada 40: Brussels leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Hurghada 30: Brussels leads by 59 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Hurghada 22: Brussels leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Hurghada 24: Brussels leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Hurghada 10: Brussels leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 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: Brussels and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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.

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 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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BrusselsHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsHurghada
Official languageFrench, German, DutchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCE230 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
Elevation70 m11 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsHurghada
City population195,546214,247
People per km²5,908-
Museums within 10 km1061
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km100
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.