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Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lucerne or Luxor?

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 Lucerne for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Luxor for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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. Lucerne 35, Luxor 6: Lucerne leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Lucerne 35, Luxor 30: Lucerne leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Lucerne 58, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Lucerne 28, Luxor 10: Lucerne leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lucerne 92, Luxor 32: Lucerne leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Lucerne 78, Luxor 62: Lucerne leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Lucerne 66, Luxor 30: Lucerne leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Lucerne 86, Luxor 35: Lucerne leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Lucerne 46, Luxor 25: Lucerne leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Lucerne 8, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 82 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lucerne 66, Luxor 10: Lucerne leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lucerne 46, Luxor 28: Lucerne leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lucerne and Luxor.

Your match

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

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on prices 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.

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Lucerne has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Luxor has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLucerneLuxor
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshArabic
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation436 m89 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLucerneLuxor
City population86,234202,232
People per km²2,963486
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.