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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Valencia?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Valencia for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Valencia 60: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Valencia 57: Hurghada leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Valencia 42: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Valencia.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaValencia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaValencia
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 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 m15 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaValencia
City population214,247840,792
People per km²-6,242
Museums within 10 km145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.