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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

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

Hurghada or Vancouver?

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

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Hurghada leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Vancouver 45: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Vancouver 27: Hurghada leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Vancouver.

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.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaVancouver
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m2 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaVancouver
City population214,247662,248
People per km²-5,759
Museums within 10 km126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.