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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Munich?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Munich for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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, Munich 28: Hurghada leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Munich 62: Munich leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Munich 79: Munich leads by 65 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Munich 56: Munich leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Munich 82: Munich leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Munich 86: Munich leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Munich 78: Munich leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Munich 86: Munich leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Munich 72: Munich leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Munich 32: Hurghada leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Munich 84: Munich leads by 74 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Munich 62: Munich leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Munich.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Munich
Best match
67match

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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaMunich
Official languageArabicGerman
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m519 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaMunich
City population214,2471,505,036
People per km²-4,844
Museums within 10 km174
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.