Best time to visit Sharm el-Sheikh
Egypt · Middle East
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Sharm el-Sheikh
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- JanJSharm el-Sheikh in January: good
- FebFSharm el-Sheikh in February: sweet spot
- MarMSharm el-Sheikh in March: good, busy
- AprASharm el-Sheikh in April: sweet spot
- MayMSharm el-Sheikh in May: avoid
- JunJSharm el-Sheikh in June: avoid
- JulJSharm el-Sheikh in July: avoid
- AugASharm el-Sheikh in August: avoid
- SepSSharm el-Sheikh in September: avoid
- OctOSharm el-Sheikh in October: good, busy
- NovNSharm el-Sheikh in November: good, busy
- DecDSharm el-Sheikh in December: good, busy
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| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22° | 0d | 41% | 9.7h | good | 22C max, 0 rainy days |
| Feb | 23° | 1d | 39% | 10.1h | sweet spot | 23C max, 1 rainy day |
| Mar | 26° | 0d | 35% | 11.2h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Apr | 31° | 0d | 29% | 11.8h | sweet spot | 31C max, 0 rainy days |
| May | 36° | 0d | 25% | 12.6h | avoid | extreme heat: 18 days over 35C |
| Jun | 39° | 0d | 26% | 13.0h | avoid | extreme heat: 29 days over 35C |
| Jul | 40° | 0d | 28% | 13.0h | avoid | extreme heat: 31 days over 35C |
| Aug | 40° | 0d | 31% | 12.3h | avoid | extreme heat: 31 days over 35C |
| Sep | 38° | 0d | 34% | 11.5h | avoid | extreme heat: 26 days over 35C |
| Oct | 33° | 0d | 37% | 10.9h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Nov | 28° | 0d | 40% | 10.4h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 24° | 0d | 41% | 9.6h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Naama Bay, 11 km from the airport (SSH): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Sharm el-Sheikh's July days now average 39.7°C, 2.7°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 10 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 21.0° | 22.0° | 25.1° | 29.7° | 33.5° | 36.5° | 37.0° | 37.1° | 35.7° | 31.5° | 26.5° | 22.9° |
| 2017–26 | 22.4° | 23.4° | 26.4° | 31.2° | 35.5° | 38.5° | 39.7° | 39.7° | 37.6° | 33.4° | 28.4° | 24.4° |
| Change | +1.4° | +1.5° | +1.3° | +1.4° | +2.0° | +2.0° | +2.7° | +2.6° | +1.9° | +1.8° | +2.0° | +1.4° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Sharm el-Sheikh is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
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Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Egyptian pound. UK Foreign Office: avoid all travel to parts, avoid all but essential travel to parts. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Egypt: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards work in most hotels, tourist restaurants and big stores; small shops, markets, taxis and street food are cash only. Keep small notes, as change is scarce.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Small tips (baksheesh) are part of daily life: about 10% in restaurants unless service is added, and round up taxi and ride-app fares.
Getting around Sharm el-Sheikh
- Apps — Rides: Careem, inDrive, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. If no ride-app driver accepts a card-paid trip, switch the payment to cash.
In Sharm the taxis are generally modern models, either Hyundai or Chevrolet. Don't bother with the meter in the taxi: it probably does not work anymore. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Sharm el-Sheikh, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 122 · ambulance 123 · fire 180 · tourist police 126.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
- Hospitals near Sharm el-Sheikha search on Google Maps
- Pharmacies near Sharm el-Sheikha search on Google Maps
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (12)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt/getting-help
- uber.com/global/en/cities/cairo
- careem.com/en-AE/ride
- roughguides.com/egypt/travel-tips
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Egypt
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cairo
- cairometro.gov.eg/en/bookings/3
- cairometro.gov.eg/en/bookings/4
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
Sharm el-Sheikh in pictures
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Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Sharm el-Sheikh is like
Sharm el-Sheikh (Arabic شرم الشيخ) is a large resort at the south tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. The main reasons to visit are for scuba-diving and other water and beach activities, and to explore the Sinai desert. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Sightseeing and excursions in/from Sharm El Sheikh Sharm Old Town Hail a taxi or local bus to take you to the Sharm Old Town, ask the driver for the old market. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Diving is the main activity in Sharm el-Sheikh. When you dive into the warm water of the Red Sea and leave the remote desert behind, you will enter a world full of life and colours. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Sharm el-Sheikh Airport (SSH IATA). The largest airport in the Sinai, it receives plane-loads of charter tourists daily in the winter high season. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- As of 2025, Sharm El-Sheikh is generally considered the safest place to be in the Sinai Peninsula. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Sharm el-Sheikh, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
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