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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Luxor or Medellin?

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 Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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. Luxor 6, Medellin 5: Luxor leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Medellin 58: Medellin leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Medellin 42: Luxor leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 66 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Medellin 66: Medellin leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Medellin 58: Luxor leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Medellin 50: Medellin leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Medellin 55: Medellin leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Medellin 45: Medellin leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Medellin 80: Luxor leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Medellin 42: Medellin leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Medellin 30: Medellin leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Medellin.

Your match

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

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Medellin
Best match
51match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

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.

Medellin 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. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorMedellin
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180123
Elevation89 m1,405 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorMedellin
City population202,2322,529,403
People per km²4866,644
Museums within 10 km414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.