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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Prague?

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 Prague for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Hurghada leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Prague 50: Prague leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Prague 83: Prague leads by 69 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Prague 65: Prague leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Prague 58: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Prague 77: Prague leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Prague 50: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Prague 83: Prague leads by 61 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Prague 50: Prague leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Prague 62: Hurghada leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Prague 76: Prague leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Prague 40: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Prague.

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.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaPrague
Official languageArabicCzech
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 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 m235 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaPrague
City population214,2471,397,880
People per km²-2,817
Museums within 10 km188
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.