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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Taipei?

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 Taipei for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Hurghada leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Taipei 66: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Taipei.

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.

Taipei
Best match
70match

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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
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

Taipei 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). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaTaipei
Official languageArabicTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180110 or 112 or 119
Elevation11 m10 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaTaipei
City population214,2472,429,429
People per km²-8,938
Museums within 10 km169
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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. 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.