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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The towers of Panama City reflected in the bay in golden light, Panama City
Panama CityThe towers of Panama City reflected in the bay in golden light

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Panama City?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Panama City for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Panama City’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, Panama City 44: Hurghada leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Panama City 50: Panama City leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Panama City 45: Hurghada leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Panama City 40: Panama City leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Panama City 55: Hurghada leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Panama City 34: Panama City leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Panama City 22: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Panama City.

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.

Panama City
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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

Panama City in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
161 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Panama City has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaPanama City
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m20 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaPanama City
City population214,2471,540,000
People per km²-5,600
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.