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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hurghada or Windhoek?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Hurghada leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Windhoek 36: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Windhoek 25: Hurghada leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Windhoek 52: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Windhoek 14: Hurghada leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Windhoek 30: Hurghada leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Hurghada and Windhoek are level on 22.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Windhoek 62: Hurghada leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Windhoek 18: Windhoek leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

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 families with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

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
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaWindhoek
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m1,650 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaWindhoek
City population214,247486,169
People per km²-95
Museums within 10 km15
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.