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The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

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

Halifax 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 Halifax for

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

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Halifax 32, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Halifax 50, Hurghada 34: Halifax leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Halifax 42, Hurghada 14: Halifax leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Halifax 46, Hurghada 40: Halifax leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Halifax 62, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Halifax 63, Hurghada 30: Halifax leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Halifax 55, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Halifax 48, Hurghada 22: Halifax leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Halifax 35, Hurghada 24: Halifax leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Halifax 38, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Halifax 46, Hurghada 10: Halifax leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Halifax 28, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Halifax and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Halifax
45match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
15 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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HalifaxHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHalifaxHurghada
Official languageFrench, EnglishArabic
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation28 m11 m
Main airportHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHalifaxHurghada
City population440,072214,247
People per km²80-
Museums within 10 km151
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.