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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Luxor or Nairobi?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Luxor leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Nairobi 35: Luxor leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Nairobi 28: Luxor leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Nairobi 20: Luxor leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Nairobi 60: Luxor leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Nairobi 25: Luxor leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Nairobi.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
Best match
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorNairobi
Official languageArabicEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation89 m1,661 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorNairobi
City population202,2325,545,000
People per km²4867,967
Museums within 10 km44
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.