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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Tallinn?

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 Tallinn for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Hurghada leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Tallinn 55: Hurghada leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Tallinn 60: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Tallinn 47: Hurghada leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Tallinn.

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.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaTallinn
Official languageArabicEstonian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m28 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaTallinn
City population214,247457,572
People per km²-2,871
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.