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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
A canoe on the turquoise lake below the mountains, Lake Louise
Lake LouiseA canoe on the turquoise lake below the mountains

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Lake Louise by Andrew Patrick Photo, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Lake Louise?

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 Lake Louise for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Lake Louise’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, Lake Louise 5: Hurghada leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Lake Louise 20: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Lake Louise 7: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Lake Louise 4: Hurghada leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Lake Louise 97: Lake Louise leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Lake Louise 33: Lake Louise leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Lake Louise 40: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Lake Louise 28: Lake Louise leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Lake Louise 6: Hurghada leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Lake Louise 9: Hurghada leads by 71 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Lake Louise 3: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Lake Louise 42: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Lake Louise.

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.

Lake Louise
25match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Lake Louise in July

20 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
63 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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Where the figures come from

Lake Louise 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). Lake Louise: 1991-2020 normals, Yoho Park (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaLake Louise
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 m1,600 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)155 km from centre102 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaLake Louise
City population214,247-
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.