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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Ottawa?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ottawa for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Hurghada leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Ottawa 45: Ottawa leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Ottawa 35: Hurghada leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Ottawa 68: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Ottawa 40: Ottawa leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Ottawa 40: Hurghada leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Ottawa 52: Ottawa leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Ottawa.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Ottawa
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaOttawa
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m70 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaOttawa
City population214,2471,017,449
People per km²-366
Museums within 10 km120
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.