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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Nashville?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Nashville for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Hurghada leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Nashville 62: Nashville leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Nashville 50: Nashville leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Nashville 46: Hurghada leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Nashville 52: Nashville leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Nashville 55: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Nashville 30: Nashville leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Nashville 42: Nashville leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Nashville 30: Hurghada leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 72 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Nashville 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 Nashville.

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.

Nashville
Best match
46match

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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 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). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaNashville
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m182 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaNashville
City population214,247689,447
People per km²-506
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.