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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Luxor or Santiago?

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

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

Choose Santiago for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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, Santiago 12: Santiago leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Santiago 52: Luxor leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Santiago 83: Santiago leads by 51 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Santiago 70: Santiago leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Santiago 57: Santiago leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Santiago 68: Santiago leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Santiago 58: Luxor leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Santiago 55: Santiago leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Santiago 37: Santiago leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Santiago.

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.

Santiago
Best match
55match

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

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 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). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorSantiago
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation89 m575 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorSantiago
City population202,2326,257,516
People per km²4867,468
Museums within 10 km454
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.