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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Oslo?

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

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

Choose Oslo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Hurghada leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Oslo 52: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Oslo 14: Hurghada leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Oslo.

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.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaOslo
Official languageArabicNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation11 m23 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaOslo
City population214,247717,710
Museums within 10 km160
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.