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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Luxor or Washington DC?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Washington DC leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Washington DC 84: Luxor leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Washington DC 64: Washington DC leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Washington DC 28: Luxor leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Washington DC 26: Luxor leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Washington DC.

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.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorWashington DC
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
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 m72 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorWashington DC
City population202,232689,545
People per km²4863,896
Museums within 10 km498
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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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.