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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Luxor for

  • day trips
  • 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. Doha 45, Luxor 6: Doha leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Luxor 30: Doha leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Luxor 10: Doha leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Luxor 32: Luxor leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Luxor 62: Luxor leads by 57 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Luxor 30: Doha leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Luxor 35: Doha leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Luxor 25: Doha leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Luxor 10: Doha leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Luxor 28: Doha leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Luxor.

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

Doha
38match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on day trips 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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaLuxor
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 m89 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaLuxor
City population1,186,023202,232
People per km²8,985486
Museums within 10 km64
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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.