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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Kathmandu?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Kathmandu for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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, Kathmandu 4: Hurghada leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Kathmandu 36: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Kathmandu 70: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Kathmandu 56: Kathmandu leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Kathmandu 20: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Kathmandu 25: Kathmandu leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Kathmandu 28: Kathmandu leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Kathmandu 45: Kathmandu leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Kathmandu.

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.

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaKathmandu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaKathmandu
Official languageArabicNepali
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+5:45
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation11 m1,300 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaKathmandu
City population214,247845,767
People per km²-17,121
Museums within 10 km19
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.