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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Toulouse?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Hurghada leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Toulouse 58: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Hurghada and Toulouse are level on 62.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Toulouse 46: Hurghada leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Toulouse 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 Toulouse.

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.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaToulouse
Official languageArabicFrench
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 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 m115 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaToulouse
City population214,247514,819
People per km²-4,352
Museums within 10 km124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.