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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Luxor or Scottsdale?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Scottsdale leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Scottsdale 46: Scottsdale leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Scottsdale 38: Luxor leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Scottsdale 50: Luxor leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Scottsdale 20: Luxor leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Scottsdale 32: Luxor leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Scottsdale 40: Scottsdale leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Scottsdale.

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.

Scottsdale
Best match
46match

Wins on wellness 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
14 hdaylight a day

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
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). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorScottsdale
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation89 m380 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorScottsdale
City population202,232241,361
People per km²486-
Museums within 10 km410
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.