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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Tirana?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Tirana for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Hurghada leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Tirana 57: Tirana leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Tirana 42: Tirana leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Tirana 62: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Tirana 40: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Tirana 32: Tirana leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Tirana 76: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Tirana 32: Tirana leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Tirana 27: Hurghada leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Tirana.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Tirana
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaTirana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaTirana
Official languageArabicAlbanian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF220 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 m110 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaTirana
City population214,247389,323
People per km²-9,314
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.