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Best time to visit Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt · 27.91°N 34.33°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Sharm El Sheikh is November to March, when mean temperatures run from 17 °C63 °F to 23 °C73 °F.

Sharm El Sheikh is dry all year: every month averages under 8 mm0.3 in of rain. August is the hottest month at 32 °C90 °F and January the coldest at 17 °C63 °F.

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

Sharm El Sheikh weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

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

Open Sharm El Sheikh on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
17°63°JAN0019°65°FEB0021°70°MAR0025°76°APR0029°83°MAY0031°88°JUN0032°89°JUL0032°90°AUG0031°87°SEP0027°80°OCT0023°73°NOV0019°66°DEC00
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Sharm El Sheikh's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't 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 whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January001763drygood
February001965drygood
March002170drygood
April002576drytoo hot
May002983drytoo hot
June003188drytoo hot
July003289drytoo hot
August003290drytoo hot
September003187drytoo hot
October002780drytoo hot
November002373drygood
December001966drygood

When to go to Sharm El Sheikh, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersNovember to March
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonApril to October
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersApril to October
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °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.

August is the hottest month at 32 °C90 °F and January the coldest at 17 °C63 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 0 mm0 in.

Where to go instead when Sharm El Sheikh doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Sharm El Sheikh doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

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