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Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, Chicago
ChicagoCloud Gate in Millennium Park
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Chicago by Jesus Toledo, Pexels License; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Chicago or Hurghada?

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 Chicago for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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. Chicago 50, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Chicago 80, Hurghada 34: Chicago leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Chicago 78, Hurghada 14: Chicago leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Chicago 77, Hurghada 40: Chicago leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chicago 48, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Chicago 42, Hurghada 30: Chicago leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Chicago 78, Hurghada 62: Chicago leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Chicago 72, Hurghada 22: Chicago leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Chicago 70, Hurghada 24: Chicago leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Chicago 33, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chicago 82, Hurghada 10: Chicago leads by 72 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chicago 33, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chicago and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Chicago
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chicago in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChicagoHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chicago: 1991-2020 normals, Chicago Midway Airport (14.5 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChicagoHurghada
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation179 m11 m
Main airportChicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)25 km from centre274 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureChicagoHurghada
City population2,746,388214,247
People per km²4,529-
Museums within 10 km441
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.