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The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Daytona Beach 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 Daytona Beach for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Daytona Beach 80, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Hurghada 34: Daytona Beach leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Hurghada 14: Daytona Beach leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach and Hurghada are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Hurghada 30: Daytona Beach leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Hurghada 22: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Hurghada 24: Daytona Beach leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Hurghada 10: Daytona Beach leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 30, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Daytona Beach and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 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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Daytona BeachHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachHurghada
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation4 m11 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachHurghada
City population72,647214,247
People per km²440-
Museums within 10 km61
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.