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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Lisbon?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Hurghada leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Hurghada and Lisbon are level on 62.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Lisbon 55: Hurghada leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Lisbon 36: Hurghada leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaLisbon
Official languageArabicPortuguese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m100 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaLisbon
City population214,247545,796
People per km²-5,453
Museums within 10 km180
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.