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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town, Krabi
KrabiThe white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Krabi?

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

  • nightlife
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Krabi for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Krabi’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, Krabi 87: Krabi leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Krabi 50: Krabi leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Krabi 20: Krabi leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Krabi 33: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Krabi 85: Krabi leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Krabi 40: Krabi leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Krabi 55: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Krabi 30: Krabi leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Krabi 20: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Krabi 78: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Krabi 12: Krabi leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Krabi 72: Krabi leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Krabi.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Krabi
Best match
49match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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

Krabi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
212 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Krabi's temperatures are measured 67 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Krabi 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). Krabi: 1991-2020 normals, Phuket Airport (66.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaKrabi
Official languageArabicThai
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Baht (THB)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation11 m16 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaKrabi
City population214,24730,499
Museums within 10 km10
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.