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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Oaxaca?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Hurghada leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada and Oaxaca are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Oaxaca 62: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Oaxaca 40: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Oaxaca 77: Hurghada leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Oaxaca 38: Oaxaca leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaOaxaca
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 m1,555 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaOaxaca
City population214,247258,913
People per km²-3,028
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.