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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance, Keystone
KeystoneThe Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Keystone by Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Keystone?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Keystone for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Keystone’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, Keystone 5: Hurghada leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Keystone 27: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Keystone 7: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Keystone 12: Hurghada leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Keystone 93: Keystone leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Keystone 55: Keystone leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Keystone 66: Keystone leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Keystone 50: Keystone leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Keystone 22: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Keystone 12: Hurghada leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Keystone 22: Keystone leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Keystone 32: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Keystone.

Your match

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

Hurghada
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Keystone
34match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Keystone in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Keystone's temperatures are measured 51 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Keystone's station stands 232 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Keystone 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). Keystone: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (50.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaKeystone
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
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 m2,796 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)116 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaKeystone
City population214,2471,369
People per km²-13
Museums within 10 km10
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.