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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cairo or Positano?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Positano for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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, Positano 77: Positano leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Positano 40: Cairo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Positano 22: Cairo leads by 74 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Positano 22: Cairo leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Positano 80: Positano leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Positano 88: Positano leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Positano 28: Cairo leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Cairo and Positano are level on 35.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Positano 45: Cairo leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Positano 10: Cairo leads by 85 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Positano 15: Cairo leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Positano 45: Positano leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Positano.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Cairo
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Positano
42match

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

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoPositano
Official languageArabicItalian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation23 m142 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoPositano
City population9,801,5363,729
People per km²18,564429
Museums within 10 km4810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.