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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Luxor or Zurich?

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 Zurich for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Zurich 53: Zurich leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Zurich 58: Luxor leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Zurich 3: Luxor leads by 87 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Zurich.

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.

Zurich
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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
14 hdaylight a day

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorZurich
Official languageArabicFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation89 m408 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorZurich
City population202,232440,935
People per km²4865,016
Museums within 10 km463
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.