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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Orange 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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Orange Beach for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Orange 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, Orange Beach 86: Orange Beach leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Orange Beach 40: Orange Beach leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Orange Beach 7: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Orange Beach 30: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Orange Beach 60: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Orange Beach 50: Orange Beach leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Orange Beach 75: Orange Beach leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Orange Beach 15: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Orange Beach 25: Orange Beach leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Orange Beach 38: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Orange Beach 32: Orange Beach leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Orange Beach 32: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Orange Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Orange Beach
41match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaOrange Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaOrange 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-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m4 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaOrange Beach
City population214,2478,095
People per km²-196
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.