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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Hurghada or Warsaw?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Warsaw for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Hurghada leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Warsaw 47: Hurghada leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hurghada and Warsaw are level on 62.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Warsaw 64: Hurghada leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Warsaw 35: Hurghada leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Warsaw.

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.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaWarsaw
Official languageArabicPolish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m118 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaWarsaw
City population214,2471,862,402
People per km²-3,601
Museums within 10 km1117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.