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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Cairo or San Juan?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose San Juan for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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, San Juan 84: San Juan leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, San Juan 66: San Juan leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, San Juan 64: Cairo leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, San Juan 70: San Juan leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, San Juan 74: San Juan leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, San Juan 52: Cairo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, San Juan 58: San Juan leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, San Juan 38: San Juan leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, San Juan 50: Cairo leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, San Juan 38: Cairo leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, San Juan 55: San Juan leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, San Juan 40: San Juan leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and San Juan.

Your match

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

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

San Juan
Best match
57match

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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CairoSan Juan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoSan Juan
Official languageArabicSpanish, English
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m3 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoSan Juan
City population9,801,536342,259
People per km²18,5642,847
Museums within 10 km4818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.