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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Interlaken?

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 Hurghada for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Interlaken’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. Hurghada 84, Interlaken 30: Hurghada leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Interlaken 25: Hurghada leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Interlaken 8: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Interlaken 15: Hurghada leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Interlaken 22: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Interlaken 8: Hurghada leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Interlaken 15: Interlaken leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Interlaken 40: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Interlaken in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Interlaken 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. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaInterlaken
Official languageArabicFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m571 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaInterlaken
City population214,2476,123
People per km²-1,424
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.