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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • beaches

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. Doha 45, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Hurghada 34: Doha leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Hurghada 14: Doha leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Hurghada 40: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 65 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Hurghada 30: Hurghada leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Hurghada 22: Doha leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Hurghada 24: Doha leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Hurghada 10: Doha leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Hurghada
Best match
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
33 °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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DohaHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaHurghada
Official languageArabicArabic
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number999Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaHurghada
City population1,186,023214,247
People per km²8,985-
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.