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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Nice?

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
  • families

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

Choose Nice for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’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, Nice 75: Hurghada leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Nice 66: Nice leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Nice 64: Nice leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Nice 47: Nice leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Nice 80: Nice leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Nice 87: Nice leads by 57 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Nice 57: Hurghada leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Nice 74: Nice leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Nice 55: Nice leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Nice 35: Hurghada leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Nice 45: Nice leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Nice 40: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Nice.

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.

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaNice
Official languageArabicFrench
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 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 m0 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaNice
City population214,247357,737
People per km²-4,975
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.