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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Hurghada or Miami?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Miami for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Miami 72: Miami leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Miami 57: Miami leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Miami 82: Miami leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Miami 64: Hurghada leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Miami 42: Miami leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Miami 64: Miami leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Miami 35: Miami leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Miami 71: Miami leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Miami 27: Hurghada leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Miami 55: Miami leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada and Miami are level on 44.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Miami.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

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

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on shopping 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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaMiami

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

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaMiami
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m2 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaMiami
City population214,247442,241
People per km²-3,046
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.