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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Hurghada or Vienna?

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 Vienna for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Hurghada leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 75 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Vienna 62: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 68 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Vienna 44: Hurghada leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 86 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Vienna.

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.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaVienna
Official languageArabicGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m151 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaVienna
City population214,2472,028,289
People per km²-4,890
Museums within 10 km1152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.