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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Luxor or Seattle?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Seattle for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Seattle 50: Luxor leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Seattle 55: Luxor leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Seattle 22: Luxor leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Seattle.

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.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorSeattle
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation89 m40 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorSeattle
City population202,232737,015
People per km²4861,996
Museums within 10 km427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.