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Senate Square and the statue of Alexander II, Helsinki
HelsinkiSenate Square and the statue of Alexander II
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Helsinki by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Helsinki 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 Helsinki for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Helsinki’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. Helsinki 28, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Helsinki 52, Hurghada 34: Helsinki leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Helsinki 60, Hurghada 14: Helsinki leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Helsinki 50, Hurghada 40: Helsinki leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Helsinki 58, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Helsinki 62, Hurghada 30: Helsinki leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Helsinki 76, Hurghada 62: Helsinki leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Helsinki 86, Hurghada 22: Helsinki leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Helsinki 62, Hurghada 24: Helsinki leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Helsinki 30, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Helsinki 63, Hurghada 10: Helsinki leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Helsinki 82, Hurghada 44: Helsinki leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Helsinki and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Helsinki
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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.

Helsinki in July

22 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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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HelsinkiHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Helsinki: 1991-2020 normals, Helsinki Kaisaniemi / Harju (1.6 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHelsinkiHurghada
Official languageFinnish, SwedishArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation17 m11 m
Main airportHelsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)16 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHelsinkiHurghada
City population694,392214,247
People per km²3,239-
Museums within 10 km741
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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). 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.