Which is cheaper, Hurghada or Suez?

Hurghada and Suez cost about the same: roughly $700 per month for one person.

Is Hurghada or Suez safer?

Hurghada and Suez score the same on safety (47), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Hurghada or Suez?

Hurghada: a measured median of 11.8 Mbps versus 11.3 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Hurghada vs Suez

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Hurghada edges it, 49 to 48, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Hurghada

out of 100

Red Sea resort city with diving and winter sun

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Suez

out of 100

Industrial canal port near the beaches of Ain Sokhna

Full Suez profile →Plan a trip to Suez →

Where they differ

Climate. Hurghada leads on climate, 67 to 58, against Suez. Comfortable months: 8 vs 7.
Getting there & around. Suez leads on getting there & around, 28 to 22, against Hurghada. Non-stop airport destinations: 85 vs 128.

Where they are close. Within five points on air quality, internet, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, quality of life.

Pick Hurghada if you want

no clear edge over Suez in the data

Pick Suez if you want

no clear edge over Hurghada in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Hurghada	Suez
Cost of living	92	92
Safety	47	47
Healthcare	66	66
Internet	44 ✓	43
Visa ease	34	34
Getting there & around	22	28 ✓
Climate	67 ✓	58
Air quality	16 ✓	14
Quality of life	52	52

Cost

Metric	Hurghada	Suez
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$700	$700
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Hurghada	Suez
Homicides per 100k	4.2	4.2
Political stability (0–100)	50	50
UHC service coverage (0–100)	71	71
Life expectancy	71.9 yrs	71.9 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Hurghada	Suez
Download	11.8 Mbps ✓	11.3 Mbps
Upload	1.6 Mbps	1.6 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Hurghada	Suez
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	visa on arrival	visa on arrival
Entry, EU passport	visa on arrival	visa on arrival
Entry, UK passport	visa on arrival	visa on arrival

Getting there and around

Metric	Hurghada	Suez
Non-stop airport destinations	85	128 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	2	2
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	2

Climate and air

Metric	Hurghada	Suez
Comfortable months per year	8 ✓	7
Annual mean PM2.5	42.7 µg/m³ ✓	43.8 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Hurghada or Suez?: Hurghada and Suez cost about the same: roughly $700 per month for one person.
Is Hurghada or Suez safer?: Hurghada and Suez score the same on safety (47), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Hurghada or Suez?: Hurghada: a measured median of 11.8 Mbps versus 11.3 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population; UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.