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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Valletta?

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
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Hurghada leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Valletta 56: Hurghada leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Valletta 58: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Valletta 50: Hurghada leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Valletta 32: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Valletta.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 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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HurghadaValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaValletta
Official languageArabicEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m56 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaValletta
City population214,2475,197
People per km²-6,496
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.