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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Newport Beach?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Newport Beach 50: Newport Beach leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Newport Beach 20: Newport Beach leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Newport Beach 33: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Newport Beach 66: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Newport Beach 20: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Newport Beach 15: Hurghada leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Newport Beach 46: Newport Beach leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada and Newport Beach are level on 44.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Newport Beach
Best match
48match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaNewport Beach
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m3 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaNewport Beach
City population214,24785,239
People per km²-622
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.