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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Patrika Gate, Jaipur
JaipurPatrika Gate

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Jaipur by Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Jaipur?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Jaipur for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Jaipur’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, Jaipur 3: Hurghada leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Jaipur 66: Jaipur leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Jaipur 80: Jaipur leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Jaipur 25: Hurghada leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Jaipur 38: Hurghada leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Jaipur 55: Jaipur leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Jaipur 25: Hurghada leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Jaipur 30: Jaipur leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Jaipur 74: Jaipur leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Jaipur 88: Jaipur leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Jaipur 35: Jaipur leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Jaipur 28: Hurghada leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Jaipur.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Jaipur
Best match
46match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaJaipur

Where the figures come from

Jaipur 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). Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaJaipur
Official languageArabicHindi, English
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180108 or 112
Elevation11 m431 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaJaipur
City population214,2473,073,350
Museums within 10 km16
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. 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.