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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cordoba 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 Cordoba for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Luxor for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Cordoba 14, Luxor 6: Cordoba leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, Luxor 30: Cordoba leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, Luxor 10: Cordoba leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, Luxor 32: Cordoba leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, Luxor 62: Cordoba leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, Luxor 30: Cordoba leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, Luxor 35: Cordoba leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, Luxor 25: Cordoba leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, Luxor 10: Cordoba leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, Luxor 28: Cordoba leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and Luxor.

Your match

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

Cordoba
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 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

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. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaLuxor
Official languageSpanishArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation120 m89 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaLuxor
City population323,262202,232
People per km²258486
Museums within 10 km164
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.