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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Vilnius?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Vilnius for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Hurghada leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Vilnius 52: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Vilnius 44: Hurghada leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Vilnius 64: Hurghada leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Vilnius 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 Vilnius.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Vilnius
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HurghadaVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaVilnius
Official languageArabicLithuanian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m98 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaVilnius
City population214,247619,405
People per km²-1,545
Museums within 10 km131
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.