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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Rocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco
HuatulcoRocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay

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

Cairo or Huatulco?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Huatulco for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Huatulco’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, Huatulco 86: Huatulco leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Huatulco 44: Cairo leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Huatulco 15: Cairo leads by 81 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Huatulco 24: Cairo leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Huatulco 76: Huatulco leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Huatulco 40: Cairo leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Huatulco 56: Huatulco leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Huatulco 33: Cairo leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Huatulco 20: Cairo leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Huatulco 62: Cairo leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Huatulco 9: Cairo leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Huatulco 52: Huatulco leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Huatulco.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Huatulco
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Huatulco in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
156 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Huatulco's temperatures are measured 42 km from the centre, at Puerto Angel, Oax..

Huatulco's station stands 177 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Huatulco 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). Huatulco: 1991-2020 normals, Puerto Angel, Oax. (42.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoHuatulco
Official languageArabicSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m220 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsBahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoHuatulco
City population9,801,5367,409
People per km²18,564-
Museums within 10 km480
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.