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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Perth?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Perth for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Perth 58: Perth leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Perth 42: Perth leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Perth 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada and Perth are level on 72.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Perth 48: Perth leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Perth 74: Perth leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Perth 55: Perth leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Perth 44: Perth leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Perth 28: Hurghada leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Perth 50: Perth leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Perth 38: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Perth.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaPerth
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180000
Elevation11 m2 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaPerth
City population214,2472,141,834
People per km²-334
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.