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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Luxor or Pensacola?

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 Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Pensacola 45: Pensacola leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Pensacola 45: Luxor leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Pensacola 42: Pensacola leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Pensacola 45: Luxor leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Pensacola 18: Luxor leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Pensacola 28: Pensacola leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Pensacola 44: Luxor leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Pensacola 36: Pensacola leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Pensacola 30: Pensacola leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Pensacola.

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.

Pensacola
Best match
45match

Wins on beaches 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
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

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). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorPensacola
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation89 m31 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorPensacola
City population202,23254,312
People per km²486515
Museums within 10 km45
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.