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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Hurghada or Sydney?

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

  • prices

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

Choose Sydney for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Sydney 50: Sydney leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Sydney 22: Hurghada leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 63 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Sydney.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaSydney

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaSydney
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180000
Elevation11 m6 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaSydney
City population214,2475,450,496
People per km²-449
Museums within 10 km138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.