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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0.

Cairo or Cocoa Beach?

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 Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Cocoa Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Cocoa Beach’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. Cairo 10, Cocoa Beach 80: Cocoa Beach leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Cocoa Beach 32: Cairo leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Cocoa Beach 12: Cairo leads by 84 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Cocoa Beach 27: Cairo leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Cocoa Beach 62: Cocoa Beach leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Cocoa Beach 52: Cairo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Cocoa Beach 72: Cocoa Beach leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Cocoa Beach 22: Cairo leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Cocoa Beach 20: Cairo leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Cocoa Beach 40: Cairo leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Cocoa Beach 14: Cairo leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Cocoa Beach 30: Cocoa Beach leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Cocoa Beach.

Your match

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

Cairo
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 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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CairoCocoa Beach

Where the figures come from

Cocoa Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoCocoa Beach
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m0 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoCocoa Beach
City population9,801,53611,354
People per km²18,564290
Museums within 10 km483
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-11 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.