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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Sedona?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: Hurghada leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Sedona 33: Hurghada leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Sedona 20: Sedona leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Sedona 8: Hurghada leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Sedona 55: Sedona leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Sedona 42: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hurghada and Sedona are level on 22.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Sedona 34: Sedona leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Sedona 18: Hurghada leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Sedona 13: Sedona leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Sedona.

Your match

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

Hurghada
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaSedona
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m1,319 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaSedona
City population214,2479,684
People per km²-195
Museums within 10 km10
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.