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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Maastricht?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Hurghada leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Maastricht 58: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Maastricht 55: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Maastricht 38: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Maastricht.

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.

Maastricht
Best match
52match

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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaMaastricht
Official languageArabicDutch
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 m49 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaMaastricht
City population214,247120,227
People per km²-2,000
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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.