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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Luxor or Philadelphia?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Philadelphia leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Philadelphia 72: Luxor leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Philadelphia 52: Philadelphia leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Philadelphia 40: Luxor leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Philadelphia 26: Luxor leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Philadelphia.

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.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorPhiladelphia
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation89 m12 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorPhiladelphia
City population202,2321,603,797
People per km²4864,339
Museums within 10 km454
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.