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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Porto?

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 Porto for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Hurghada leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Porto 70: Porto leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Porto 68: Porto leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Porto 65: Porto leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Porto 64: Hurghada leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Porto 79: Porto leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Porto 52: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Porto 66: Porto leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Porto 52: Porto leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Porto 62: Hurghada leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Porto 52: Porto leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Porto 34: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Porto.

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.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaPorto
Official languageArabicPortuguese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m104 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaPorto
City population214,247273,476
People per km²-6,606
Museums within 10 km142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.