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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

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

Hurghada or Manaus?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Manaus for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Hurghada leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Manaus 12: Hurghada leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Manaus 35: Hurghada leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Manaus 27: Manaus leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Manaus 63: Hurghada leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Manaus 20: Hurghada leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Manaus.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaManaus
Official languageArabicPortuguese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation11 m92 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaManaus
City population214,2472,303,732
People per km²-202
Museums within 10 km113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.