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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cairo or Daytona 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 Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Daytona 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, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Daytona Beach 36: Cairo leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Daytona Beach 30: Cairo leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Daytona Beach 40: Cairo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Daytona Beach 56: Daytona Beach leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Cairo and Daytona Beach are level on 66.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Daytona Beach 60: Daytona Beach leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Daytona Beach 18: Cairo leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Daytona Beach 27: Cairo leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Daytona Beach 46: Cairo leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Daytona Beach 30: Cairo leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Daytona Beach 30: Daytona 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 Daytona 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.

Daytona Beach
43match

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

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 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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CairoDaytona Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoDaytona 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 m4 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoDaytona Beach
City population9,801,53672,647
People per km²18,564440
Museums within 10 km486
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 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.