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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Pisa?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Pisa for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Hurghada leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada and Pisa are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Pisa 62: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Pisa 52: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Pisa 55: Hurghada leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Pisa.

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.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips 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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaPisa
Official languageArabicItalian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m4 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaPisa
City population214,24788,737
People per km²-479
Museums within 10 km127
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.