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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain.

Hurghada or Nuevo Vallarta?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nuevo Vallarta for

  • day trips
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuevo Vallarta’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 and Nuevo Vallarta are level on 84.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Nuevo Vallarta 40: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Nuevo Vallarta 6: Hurghada leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Nuevo Vallarta 16: Hurghada leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Nuevo Vallarta 75: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Nuevo Vallarta 58: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Nuevo Vallarta 73: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Nuevo Vallarta 25: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Nuevo Vallarta 22: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Nuevo Vallarta 45: Hurghada leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Nuevo Vallarta 18: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Nuevo Vallarta 55: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Nuevo Vallarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on day trips and families 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

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaNuevo Vallarta

Where the figures come from

Nuevo Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaNuevo Vallarta
Official languageArabicSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m3 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaNuevo Vallarta
City population214,2471,301
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.