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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cairo or Pensacola?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Pensacola 45: Cairo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Pensacola 45: Cairo leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Pensacola 42: Cairo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Pensacola 45: Cairo leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Pensacola 18: Cairo leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Pensacola 28: Cairo leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Pensacola 44: Cairo leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Pensacola 36: Cairo leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Pensacola 30: Pensacola leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Pensacola.

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.

Pensacola
45match

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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CairoPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoPensacola
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m31 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoPensacola
City population9,801,53654,312
People per km²18,564515
Museums within 10 km485
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.