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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Jasper?

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 Jasper for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’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, Jasper 25: Hurghada leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Jasper 22: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Jasper 10: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Jasper 14: Hurghada leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Jasper 8: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Jasper 42: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Jasper 18: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Jasper 12: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Jasper 20: Hurghada leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Jasper 7: Hurghada leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Jasper 46: Jasper leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Jasper.

Your match

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

Hurghada
Best match
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaJasper

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaJasper
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m1,060 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaJasper
City population214,2474,738
People per km²-5
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.