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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Seoul?

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 Seoul for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Hurghada leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 65 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 61 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Seoul 50: Hurghada leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Seoul.

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.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaSeoul

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

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaSeoul
Official languageArabicKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Won (KRW)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation11 m38 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaSeoul
City population214,2479,668,465
People per km²-15,973
Museums within 10 km181
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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.