Costa del Sol vs Sharm el-Sheikh

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

Rixos Premium Seagate beachfront with pale buildings, palm trees, and white umbrellas lining the sandy shore and shallow water.

Sharm el-Sheikh6 resorts · ★ 4.7 average

Costa del Sol and Sharm el-Sheikh, 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 Sharm el-Sheikh
Costa del Sol	Measure	Sharm el-Sheikh
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$67–$526/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$69–$261/night pp
0 of 6	Adults-only resorts	0 of 6
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
Málaga (AGP), most resorts 20–60 min west along the coast	Airport	Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH), most resorts 10–30 min
Sun with Andalusia attached; day trips to Granada, Seville and Ronda	Best for	Snorkelling and diving from the beach, weather-proof sun
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

Sharm el-Sheikh

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa del Sol and Sharm el-Sheikh
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
Sharm el-Sheikh · high °F	72	74	79	86	93	97	99	99	95	89	81	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
Sharm el-Sheikh · rain (in)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1

Approximate climate normals for Málaga and Sharm el-Sheikh: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.