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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Denver by Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cairo or Denver?

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 Denver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Denver’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, Denver 5: Cairo leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Denver 54: Cairo leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Denver 44: Cairo leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Denver 47: Cairo leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Denver 84: Denver leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Denver 57: Cairo leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Denver 67: Denver leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Denver 40: Denver leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Denver 44: Cairo leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Denver 36: Cairo leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Denver 66: Denver leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Denver 40: Denver leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Denver.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Denver
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 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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CairoDenver

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoDenver
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 m1,609 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoDenver
City population9,801,536715,522
People per km²18,5641,783
Museums within 10 km4826
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.