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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Mexico City?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Mexico City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Hurghada leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 56 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 74 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Mexico City 50: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Mexico City 58: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Mexico City 75: Hurghada leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Mexico City 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 Mexico City.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaMexico City
Official languageArabicSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m2,240 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaMexico City
City population214,2479,209,944
People per km²-6,202
Museums within 10 km1108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.