Egypt vs Halkidiki

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

Large curved swimming pool with bright turquoise water overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, with white umbrellas, loungers, and pine trees at Ikos Oceania.

Egypt and Halkidiki, 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

Egypt compared with Halkidiki
Egypt	Measure	Halkidiki
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
20 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	3
★ 4.7	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$62–$261/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$342–$472/night pp
4 of 20	Adults-only resorts	0 of 3
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
None to speak of	Rainy season	October–December, lightly; no true wet season
October–May; high summer is very hot (but dry, and the sea is warm)	Sweet spot	June and September; May can still be cool in the water

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

Egypt

Halkidiki

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Egypt and Halkidiki
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Egypt · high °F	71	73	78	85	91	95	97	97	93	87	80	74
Halkidiki · high °F	50	53	59	67	76	84	89	89	81	71	61	53
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
Halkidiki · rain (in)	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.2	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.1	2.0

Approximate climate normals for Red Sea coast (Hurghada) and Thessaloniki (the coast runs a touch milder): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.