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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
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Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cairo or Gold Coast?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Gold Coast for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’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, Gold Coast 92: Gold Coast leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Gold Coast 47: Cairo leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Gold Coast 15: Cairo leads by 81 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Gold Coast 55: Gold Coast leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Gold Coast 82: Gold Coast leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Gold Coast 52: Cairo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Gold Coast 89: Gold Coast leads by 57 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Gold Coast 45: Gold Coast leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Gold Coast 40: Cairo leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Gold Coast 35: Cairo leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Gold Coast 30: Cairo leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Gold Coast 42: Gold Coast leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Gold Coast.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cairo
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Gold Coast
52match

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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoGold Coast
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+10
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180000
Elevation23 m12 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoGold Coast
City population9,801,536607,665
People per km²18,564433
Museums within 10 km482
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Cairo or Gold Coast somewhere new.

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.