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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Portland?

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
  • families

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

Choose Portland for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Hurghada leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Portland 68: Portland leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Portland 38: Portland leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Portland 52: Portland leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Portland 84: Portland leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Portland 58: Portland leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Portland 55: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Portland 62: Portland leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Portland 52: Portland leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Portland 38: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Portland 55: Portland leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Portland 42: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Portland.

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.

Portland
Best match
52match

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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 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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HurghadaPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaPortland
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m152 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaPortland
City population214,247652,503
People per km²-1,736
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.