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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Cairo or Wellington?

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 Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Wellington 44: Cairo leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Wellington 45: Cairo leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Wellington 40: Cairo leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Wellington 42: Cairo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Wellington 33: Cairo leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Wellington 30: Wellington leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Wellington.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoWellington
Official languageArabicEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180111
Elevation23 m0 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoWellington
City population9,801,536216,200
People per km²18,564487
Museums within 10 km4812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.