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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Lima?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Lima 88: Lima leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Lima 66: Lima leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Lima 62: Lima leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Lima 45: Hurghada leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Lima 34: Lima leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Lima 42: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Lima 35: Lima leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Lima 52: Lima leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Lima 70: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Lima 53: Lima leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Lima 25: Hurghada leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Lima.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaLima
Official languageArabicSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180111 or 911
Elevation11 m154 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaLima
City population214,2479,943,800
People per km²-3,721
Museums within 10 km147
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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.