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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Toronto?

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 Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Hurghada leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Toronto 52: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Toronto 34: Hurghada leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Toronto 33: Hurghada leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaToronto
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m76 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaToronto
City population214,2472,794,356
People per km²-4,434
Museums within 10 km132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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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.