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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Izmir?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Izmir for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Izmir 66: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Izmir 55: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Izmir 66: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Izmir.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips 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.

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaIzmir

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaIzmir
Official languageArabicTurkish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m2 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaIzmir
City population214,2474,493,242
People per km²-4,760
Museums within 10 km129
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.