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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Cadiz 80, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Hurghada 34: Cadiz leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Hurghada 14: Cadiz leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Hurghada 40: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Hurghada 30: Cadiz leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Hurghada 22: Cadiz leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Hurghada 24: Cadiz leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Hurghada 10: Cadiz leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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CadizHurghada

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

Before you go

MeasureCadizHurghada
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
Elevation11 m11 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizHurghada
City population109,950214,247
People per km²9,087-
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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.