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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cairo or Sedona?

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 Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: Sedona leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Sedona 33: Cairo leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Sedona 20: Cairo leads by 76 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Sedona 8: Cairo leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Sedona 55: Cairo leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Sedona 42: Sedona leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Sedona 22: Cairo leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Sedona 34: Cairo leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Sedona 18: Cairo leads by 77 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Sedona 13: Cairo leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 67 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Sedona.

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.

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness 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
14 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoSedona
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
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m1,319 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoSedona
City population9,801,5369,684
People per km²18,564195
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.