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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Macau?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Macau for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Hurghada leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Macau 77: Macau leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Macau 62: Macau leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada and Macau are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Macau 5: Hurghada leads by 67 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Macau 52: Macau leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Macau 48: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Macau 60: Macau leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Macau 58: Macau leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Macau 44: Hurghada leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Macau 36: Macau leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Macau 40: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Macau.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

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

Macau
Best match
46match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaMacau

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaMacau
Official languageArabicPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180999
Elevation11 m22 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaMacau
City population214,247682,100
People per km²-5,916
Museums within 10 km128
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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.