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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Hurghada or Wellington?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Hurghada leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Wellington 40: Wellington leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hurghada and Wellington are level on 62.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Wellington 33: Hurghada leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Wellington 30: Hurghada leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Wellington.

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.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaWellington
Official languageArabicEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180111
Elevation11 m0 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaWellington
City population214,247216,200
People per km²-487
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.