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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Jakarta?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Jakarta’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, Jakarta 28: Hurghada leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Jakarta 30: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Jakarta 45: Jakarta leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Jakarta 50: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Jakarta 36: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Hurghada and Jakarta are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink 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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Jakarta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaJakarta
Official languageArabicIndonesian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m91 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaJakarta
City population214,24711,135,191
People per km²-16,821
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.