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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Sapporo?

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

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Hurghada leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Sapporo 40: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Sapporo 60: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaSapporo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaSapporo
Official languageArabicJapanese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 110, fire 119
Elevation11 m5 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaSapporo
City population214,2471,959,313
People per km²-1,747
Museums within 10 km133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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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.