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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Luxor or Toronto?

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 Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Toronto 50: Luxor leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Toronto 50: Luxor leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Toronto 34: Luxor leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorToronto
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
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 m76 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorToronto
City population202,2322,794,356
People per km²4864,434
Museums within 10 km432
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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.