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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Tunis?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Tunis for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Hurghada leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Tunis 33: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Tunis 45: Hurghada leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Tunis 38: Hurghada leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Tunis.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaTunis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaTunis
Official languageArabicArabic
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation11 m4 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaTunis
City population214,247602,560
People per km²-2,834
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.