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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cairo or Telluride?

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 Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: Cairo leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Telluride 38: Cairo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Telluride 20: Cairo leads by 76 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Telluride 20: Cairo leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Telluride 30: Cairo leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Telluride 25: Cairo leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Telluride 7: Cairo leads by 88 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Telluride 35: Cairo leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Telluride.

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.

Telluride
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoTelluride
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, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m2,667 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoTelluride
City population9,801,5362,607
People per km²18,5641,372
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.