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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Ghent 25, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Hurghada 34: Ghent leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Hurghada 14: Ghent leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Hurghada 40: Ghent leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Hurghada 30: Ghent leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Hurghada 22: Ghent leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Hurghada 24: Ghent leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Hurghada 10: Ghent leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 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: Ghent and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches 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.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentHurghada
Official languageFrench, German, DutchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCE230 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
Elevation12 m11 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentHurghada
City population272,657214,247
People per km²1,728-
Museums within 10 km301
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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.