Egypt vs Italy

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

Modern wooden suite with horizontal slat cladding perched on rocky hillside overlooking sea, surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation and blue flowers.

Egypt and Italy, 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 Italy
Egypt	Measure	Italy
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
20 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	15
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.3
$62–$285/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$79–$518/night pp
4 of 20	Adults-only resorts	0 of 15
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
None to speak of	Rainy season	October–December
October–May; high summer is very hot (but dry, and the sea is warm)	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hot, busy, and priced accordingly
Arabic (English widely spoken at resorts)	Language	Italian (English common in tourist areas)
Egyptian pound (EGP) – USD and euro often accepted	Currency	Euro (EUR) – cards widely accepted
220V, Type C/F plugs (European – adapter needed)	Power	230V, Type C/F/L plugs (US devices need an adapter)
On the right	Driving	On the right
Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH)	Main airport	Palermo (PMO) or Catania (CTA)
~11–13h from the US East Coast (via Europe or the Gulf)	Flight time	~9–11h from the US East Coast (usually one stop)

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

Italy

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Egypt and Italy
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
Italy · high °F	59	60	63	68	75	83	88	88	82	74	66	60
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
Italy · rain (in)	2.8	2.4	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.6	3.9	3.7	3.3

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