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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Painted wooden houses under palms in Key West, Key West
Key WestPainted wooden houses under palms in Key West

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Key West by Dominik Gryzbon, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Key West?

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
  • families

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

Choose Key West for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Key West’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, Key West 60: Hurghada leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Key West 45: Key West leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Key West 40: Key West leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Key West 62: Key West leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Key West 62: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Key West 28: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Key West 40: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Key West 62: Key West leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Key West 30: Key West leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Key West 15: Hurghada leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Key West 38: Key West leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Key West 40: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Key West.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Key West
44match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Key West in July

32 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Key West's temperatures are measured 69 km from the centre, at Key West Airport.

Key West 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). Key West: 1991-2020 normals, Key West Airport (69.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaKey West
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m4 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsKey West International Airport (EYW)2 km from centre24 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaKey West
City population214,24726,444
People per km²-1,407
Museums within 10 km17
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.