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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cairo or Deer Valley?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Deer Valley for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Deer Valley’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 and Deer Valley are level on 10.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Deer Valley 38: Cairo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Deer Valley 15: Cairo leads by 81 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Deer Valley 25: Cairo leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Deer Valley 90: Deer Valley leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Deer Valley 38: Cairo leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Deer Valley 60: Deer Valley leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Deer Valley 50: Deer Valley leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Deer Valley 25: Cairo leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Deer Valley 4: Cairo leads by 91 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Deer Valley 30: Cairo leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Deer Valley 52: Deer Valley leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Deer Valley.

Your match

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

Cairo
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Deer Valley
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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
14 hdaylight a day

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CairoDeer Valley

Where the figures come from

Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Deer Valley 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). Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoDeer Valley
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m2,474 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoDeer Valley
City population9,801,536-
People per km²18,564-
Museums within 10 km480
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.