Canary Islands vs Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast

Illuminated pools with striped umbrellas and loungers at Bahia Principe Fantasia Tenerife, multi-story resort buildings at dusk.

Canary Islands15 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

White resort buildings overlook multiple blue pools with palm trees and loungers at Steigenberger Resort Alaya Marsa Alam, with the Red Sea beyond.

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast14 resorts · ★ 4.7 average

Canary Islands and Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Canary Islands compared with Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast
Canary Islands	Measure	Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
15 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	14
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$83–$260/night pp	Nightly rates	$62–$249/night pp (better)
3 of 15	Adults-only resorts	4 of 14
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts	Rainy season	None to speak of
Year-round; December–March is when the islands earn their keep, and summer is the value season	Sweet spot	October–May; high summer is very hot but dry, and the sea is at its warmest
Tenerife South (TFS), Gran Canaria (LPA), Lanzarote (ACE), Fuerteventura (FUE)	Airports	Hurghada (HRG) for the town and the bays; Marsa Alam (RMF) for the south
Winter sun, a spring-like year-round climate, big well-run resorts	Best for	Value, sandy beaches, family aqua-park resorts; Marsa Alam for diving
None tropical; the trade wind keeps summers moderate	Weather risk	None; effectively no rain

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Canary Islands

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Canary Islands and Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canary Islands · high °F	70	71	73	74	76	79	83	84	82	79	75	71
Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast · high °F	71	73	78	85	91	95	97	97	93	87	80	74
Canary Islands · rain (in)	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.3
Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast · rain (in)	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1

Approximate climate normals for Tenerife South and Hurghada: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.