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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Victoria Falls?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Hurghada leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Victoria Falls 24: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Victoria Falls 12: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Victoria Falls 8: Hurghada leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Victoria Falls 22: Hurghada leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Victoria Falls 38: Hurghada leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Victoria Falls 45: Victoria Falls leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Victoria Falls 18: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Victoria Falls 32: Hurghada leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada and Victoria Falls are level on 10.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Victoria Falls 34: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Hurghada
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaVictoria Falls
Official languageArabicEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180999
Elevation11 m961 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaVictoria Falls
City population214,24733,060
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.