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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Santiago de Compostela?

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 Santiago de Compostela for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago de Compostela’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, Santiago de Compostela 32: Hurghada leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Santiago de Compostela 62: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Santiago de Compostela 42: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Santiago de Compostela 35: Santiago de Compostela leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Santiago de Compostela 64: Hurghada leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Santiago de Compostela 40: Santiago de Compostela leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Santiago de Compostela 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 Santiago de Compostela.

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.

Santiago de Compostela
Best match
54match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Santiago de Compostela in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaSantiago de Compostela
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 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 m260 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaSantiago de Compostela
City population214,247100,965
People per km²-459
Museums within 10 km16
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. 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.