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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cairo or Newport 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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport 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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Newport Beach 50: Cairo leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Newport Beach 20: Cairo leads by 76 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Newport Beach 33: Cairo leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Newport Beach 66: Newport Beach leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Newport Beach 20: Cairo leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Newport Beach 15: Cairo leads by 80 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Newport Beach 46: Cairo leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Newport Beach 44: Newport Beach leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Newport Beach.

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 prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

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

Newport 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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CairoNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoNewport 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 m3 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoNewport Beach
City population9,801,53685,239
People per km²18,564622
Museums within 10 km484
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.