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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Mumbai?

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 Mumbai for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Hurghada leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Mumbai 55: Hurghada leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Mumbai 48: Mumbai leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Mumbai 35: Hurghada leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Mumbai 38: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Mumbai 72: Hurghada leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Mumbai 24: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Mumbai
Best match
51match

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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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HurghadaMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaMumbai
Official languageArabicHindi, English
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180108 or 112
Elevation11 m14 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaMumbai
City population214,24715,414,288
People per km²-25,563
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.