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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Luxor or Mendoza?

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 Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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 and Mendoza are level on 6.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Mendoza 30: Luxor leads by 65 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Mendoza 40: Mendoza leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 51 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Mendoza 52: Luxor leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Mendoza 42: Mendoza leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Mendoza 48: Mendoza leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Mendoza 33: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Mendoza 56: Luxor leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Mendoza 33: Mendoza leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Mendoza.

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.

Mendoza
Best match
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink 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
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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

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. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorMendoza
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180117 or 911
Elevation89 m769 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorMendoza
City population202,232127,160
People per km²4862,355
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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. 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.