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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Portofino?

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
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Portofino for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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, Portofino 60: Hurghada leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Portofino 36: Portofino leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Portofino 22: Portofino leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Portofino 14: Hurghada leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Portofino 33: Hurghada leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Portofino 29: Portofino leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Portofino 9: Hurghada leads by 71 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Portofino 7: Hurghada leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Portofino 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 Portofino.

Your match

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

Hurghada
Best match
43match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

Wins on day trips 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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaPortofino
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 m20 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaPortofino
City population214,247355
People per km²-142
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.