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Best time to visit Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt · 27.91°N 34.33°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Sharm El Sheikh is November to March, with highs of 22–27 °C72–81 °F and nights of 13–18 °C55–64 °F.

Sharm El Sheikh is dry all year: every month averages under 8 mm0.3 in of rain. July is the hottest month (highs of 37 °C99 °F) and January the coldest (22 °C72 °F).

The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 27.91, 34.33. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.

Sharm El Sheikh weather by month

Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: November to March.

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▲ Highs average daily high , coldest to warmest month
22°72°JAN0023°73°FEB0026°79°MAR0030°86°APR0034°93°MAY0037°98°JUN0037°99°JUL0037°99°AUG0036°96°SEP0031°88°OCT0027°81°NOV0024°74°DEC00
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Sharm El Sheikh's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain High Low SeasonWarm verdict
January0022721355drygood
February0023731456drygood
March0026791661drygood
April0030862067drytoo hot
May0034932373drytoo hot
June0037982678drytoo hot
July0037992780drytoo hot
August0037992781drytoo hot
September0036962678drytoo hot
October0031882272drytoo hot
November0027811864drygood
December0024741558drygood

When to go to Sharm El Sheikh, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmhighs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showersNovember to March
Tropicalhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoonApril to October
Beachhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showersApril to October
Coolhighs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoonno month
Snowhighs below 3 °C37 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Sharm El Sheikh?

No. Sharm El Sheikh is dry all year: every month averages under 8 mm0.3 in of rain.

July is the hottest month (highs of 37 °C99 °F) and January the coldest (22 °C72 °F). Annual rainfall is about 0 mm0 in.

Where to go instead when Sharm El Sheikh does not fit

The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Sharm El Sheikh does not:

Nearby destinations

distances in . Tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.