Crete vs Egypt

Outdoor dining area with white sail shade canopies over wicker chairs and tables, black support columns, and sea views beyond.

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

Crete and Egypt, 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.

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By the numbers

Crete compared with Egypt
Crete	Measure	Egypt
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
16	Resorts in our catalog	20 (better)
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$64–$2113/night pp	Nightly rates	$62–$303/night pp (better)
5 of 16	Adults-only resorts	4 of 20
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February	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 warm)

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

Crete

Egypt

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Crete and Egypt
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crete · high °F	60	61	64	69	76	83	85	85	81	74	68	62
Egypt · high °F	71	73	78	85	91	95	97	97	93	87	80	74
Crete · rain (in)	3.5	3.0	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.8	2.7	2.3	3.0
Egypt · 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 Crete (north coast) and Red Sea coast (Hurghada): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.