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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Calgary or Luxor?

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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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. Calgary 8, Luxor 6: Calgary leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Luxor 30: Calgary leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Luxor 10: Calgary leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Luxor 32: Calgary leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Luxor 62: Luxor leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Luxor 30: Calgary leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Luxor 35: Calgary leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Luxor 25: Calgary leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Luxor 10: Calgary leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Luxor 28: Calgary leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Luxor.

Your match

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

Calgary
Best match
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
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

Luxor 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. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryLuxor
Official languageFrench, EnglishArabic
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation1,045 m89 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryLuxor
City population1,306,784202,232
People per km²1,583486
Museums within 10 km134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.