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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Hurghada leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Puerto Iguazu 28: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Puerto Iguazu 9: Hurghada leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Puerto Iguazu 14: Hurghada leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Puerto Iguazu 33: Puerto Iguazu leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Puerto Iguazu 55: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Puerto Iguazu 17: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Puerto Iguazu 48: Hurghada leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Puerto Iguazu 7: Hurghada leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Puerto Iguazu 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 Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Hurghada
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaPuerto Iguazu
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180117 or 911
Elevation11 m162 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaPuerto Iguazu
City population214,24754,903
Museums within 10 km10
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. 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.