Costa del Sol vs Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast

Ikos Andalusia's outdoor bar terrace features woven pendant lamps, bar seating, and tall palm trees with pink flowering plants in foreground.

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

Costa del Sol 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

Costa del Sol compared with Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast
Costa del Sol	Measure	Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	14 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$67–$526/night pp	Nightly rates	$62–$249/night pp (better)
0 of 6	Adults-only resorts	4 of 14
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–March	Rainy season	None to speak of
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	Sweet spot	October–May; high summer is very hot but dry, and the sea is at its warmest
Sun with Andalusia attached; day trips to Granada, Seville and Ronda	Best for	Value, sandy beaches, family aqua-park resorts; Marsa Alam for diving
None tropical; dry Mediterranean summers	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

Costa del Sol

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa del Sol and Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Costa del Sol · high °F	63	64	67	70	75	81	86	86	82	75	68	64
Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast · high °F	71	73	78	85	91	95	97	97	93	87	80	74
Costa del Sol · rain (in)	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	2.2	3.7	3.9
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