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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Luxor or Nuremberg?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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, Nuremberg 14: Nuremberg leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Nuremberg 53: Nuremberg leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Nuremberg 69: Luxor leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Nuremberg 40: Nuremberg leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Nuremberg 56: Nuremberg leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Nuremberg 80: Nuremberg leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Nuremberg 45: Nuremberg leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Nuremberg 50: Luxor leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Nuremberg 52: Nuremberg leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Nuremberg.

Your match

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

Luxor
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Nuremberg
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around 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.

Luxor in July

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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorNuremberg
Official languageArabicGerman
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation89 m209 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorNuremberg
City population202,232531,159
People per km²4862,848
Museums within 10 km450
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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.