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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Cairo or Huntington 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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington 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, Huntington Beach 70: Huntington Beach leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Huntington Beach 46: Cairo leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Huntington Beach 14: Cairo leads by 82 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Huntington Beach 38: Cairo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Huntington Beach 58: Huntington Beach leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Huntington Beach 63: Cairo leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Huntington Beach 20: Cairo leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Huntington Beach 42: Cairo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Huntington Beach 28: Cairo leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Huntington Beach 33: Cairo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Huntington Beach 36: Huntington Beach leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Huntington 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.

Huntington Beach
44match

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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CairoHuntington Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoHuntington 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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m12 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoHuntington Beach
City population9,801,536198,711
People per km²18,5642,406
Museums within 10 km483
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.