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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

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

Hurghada or Verona?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Verona for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Hurghada leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Verona 66: Verona leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Verona 76: Verona leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Verona 37: Hurghada leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Verona 65: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Verona 92: Verona leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Verona 66: Verona leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Verona 68: Verona leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Verona 52: Verona leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Verona 46: Hurghada leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Verona 66: Verona leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Verona 48: Verona leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Verona.

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.

Verona
Best match
61match

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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 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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HurghadaVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaVerona
Official languageArabicItalian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCFL230 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 m59 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaVerona
City population214,247255,588
People per km²-1,285
Museums within 10 km118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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.