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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Quito?

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
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Quito for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Hurghada leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Quito 54: Quito leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Quito 77: Quito leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada and Quito are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Quito 86: Quito leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Quito 55: Quito leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Quito 32: Hurghada leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Quito 45: Quito leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Quito 40: Quito leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Quito 78: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Quito 38: Quito leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada and Quito are level on 44.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Quito.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Quito
Best match
50match

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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaQuito
Official languageArabicSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m2,850 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaQuito
City population214,2471,763,275
People per km²-4,735
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.