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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Strasbourg?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Hurghada leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada and Strasbourg are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Strasbourg 62: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Strasbourg 44: Hurghada leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Strasbourg.

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.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaStrasbourg
Official languageArabicFrench
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 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 m132 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaStrasbourg
City population214,247293,771
People per km²-3,752
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.