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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Luxor or Seoul?

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

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

Choose Seoul for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Seoul leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Seoul 75: Luxor leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 74 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Seoul 50: Luxor leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Seoul.

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.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorSeoul
Official languageArabicKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Won (KRW)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation89 m38 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorSeoul
City population202,2329,668,465
People per km²48615,973
Museums within 10 km481
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

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.