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The old town on the Neckar, Heidelberg
HeidelbergThe old town on the Neckar
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Heidelberg by Kuanling Chen, Pexels License; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Heidelberg 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 Heidelberg for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Luxor for

  • 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. Heidelberg 7, Luxor 6: Heidelberg leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Heidelberg 40, Luxor 30: Heidelberg leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Heidelberg 58, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Heidelberg 38, Luxor 10: Heidelberg leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Heidelberg 60, Luxor 32: Heidelberg leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Heidelberg 78, Luxor 62: Heidelberg leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Heidelberg 62, Luxor 30: Heidelberg leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Heidelberg 72, Luxor 35: Heidelberg leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Heidelberg 40, Luxor 25: Heidelberg leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Heidelberg 42, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Heidelberg 48, Luxor 10: Heidelberg leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Heidelberg 44, Luxor 28: Heidelberg leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Heidelberg and Luxor.

Your match

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

Heidelberg
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Heidelberg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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. Heidelberg: 1991-2020 normals, Heidelberg (4.5 km from centre). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHeidelbergLuxor
Official languageGermanArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCF230 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
Elevation114 m89 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)69 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHeidelbergLuxor
City population156,092202,232
People per km²1,433486
Museums within 10 km174
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.