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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance, Keystone
KeystoneThe Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Keystone by Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cairo or Keystone?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Keystone for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Keystone’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, Keystone 5: Cairo leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Keystone 27: Cairo leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Keystone 7: Cairo leads by 89 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Keystone 12: Cairo leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Keystone 93: Keystone leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Keystone 55: Cairo leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Keystone 66: Keystone leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Keystone 50: Keystone leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Keystone 22: Cairo leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Keystone 12: Cairo leads by 83 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Keystone 22: Cairo leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Keystone 32: Keystone leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Keystone.

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.

Keystone
34match

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

Keystone in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 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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Where the figures come from

Keystone's temperatures are measured 51 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Keystone's station stands 232 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Keystone 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). Keystone: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (50.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoKeystone
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 m2,796 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)116 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoKeystone
City population9,801,5361,369
People per km²18,56413
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. 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.