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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-SheikhThe lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sharm el-Sheikh by Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Quebec City or Sharm el-Sheikh?

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 Quebec City for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Sharm el-Sheikh for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sharm el-Sheikh’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. Quebec City 18, Sharm el-Sheikh 87: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Sharm el-Sheikh 30: Quebec City leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Sharm el-Sheikh 12: Quebec City leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City and Sharm el-Sheikh are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Sharm el-Sheikh 82: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Sharm el-Sheikh 30: Quebec City leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Sharm el-Sheikh 62: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Sharm el-Sheikh 22: Quebec City leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Sharm el-Sheikh 25: Quebec City leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Sharm el-Sheikh 74: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Sharm el-Sheikh 10: Quebec City leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Sharm el-Sheikh 50: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Sharm el-Sheikh.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Sharm el-Sheikh
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Sharm el-Sheikh in July

38 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sharm el-Sheikh has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Sharm el-Sheikh: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CitySharm el-Sheikh
Official languageFrench, EnglishArabic
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation98 m1 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsSharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)16 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CitySharm el-Sheikh
City population574,48273,000
People per km²1,184-
Museums within 10 km161
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.