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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Sao Paulo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Sao Paulo 48: Hurghada leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Sao Paulo 47: Sao Paulo leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Sao Paulo 52: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Sao Paulo 62: Hurghada leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Sao Paulo 25: Hurghada leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink 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

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 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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HurghadaSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaSao Paulo
Official languageArabicPortuguese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation11 m760 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaSao Paulo
City population214,24711,451,999
People per km²-7,519
Museums within 10 km190
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.