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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Ljubljana?

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
  • families

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ljubljana’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, Ljubljana 22: Hurghada leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada and Ljubljana are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Ljubljana 78: Ljubljana leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Ljubljana 54: Hurghada leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Ljubljana 33: Ljubljana leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Ljubljana 54: Hurghada leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Ljubljana 50: Ljubljana leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Ljubljana 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 Ljubljana.

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.

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaLjubljana
Official languageArabicSlovene
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m309 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaLjubljana
City population214,247284,293
People per km²-1,736
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. 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.