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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Playa de los Muertos below the green hills, Puerto Vallarta
Puerto VallartaPlaya de los Muertos below the green hills

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Puerto Vallarta by RL0919, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Puerto Vallarta?

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

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

Choose Puerto Vallarta for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Vallarta’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 Vallarta 85: Puerto Vallarta leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Puerto Vallarta 62: Puerto Vallarta leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Puerto Vallarta 28: Puerto Vallarta leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Puerto Vallarta 66: Puerto Vallarta leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Puerto Vallarta 76: Puerto Vallarta leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Puerto Vallarta 55: Puerto Vallarta leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Puerto Vallarta 65: Puerto Vallarta leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Puerto Vallarta 45: Puerto Vallarta leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Puerto Vallarta 42: Puerto Vallarta leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Puerto Vallarta 60: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Puerto Vallarta 32: Puerto Vallarta leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Puerto Vallarta 52: Puerto Vallarta leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Puerto Vallarta.

Your match

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Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Puerto Vallarta
Best match
56match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife 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

Puerto Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
209 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaPuerto Vallarta

Where the figures come from

Puerto Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Puerto Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaPuerto Vallarta
Official languageArabicSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m101 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)5 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaPuerto Vallarta
City population214,247224,166
People per km²-4,311
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.