Egypt vs Montego Bay

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

Beachfront dining area at JOIA Rose Hall by Iberostar with wooden tables, white chairs, cream umbrellas, and a tall palm tree, with the resort building and bar in the background.

Egypt and Montego Bay, 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

Egypt compared with Montego Bay
Egypt	Measure	Montego Bay
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
20 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	7
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$62–$303/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$120–$210/night pp
4 of 20	Adults-only resorts	4 of 7
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
None to speak of	Rainy season	May–June and September–November, mostly short afternoon bursts
October–May; high summer is very hot (but dry, and the sea is warm)	Sweet spot	December–April
~11–13h from the US East Coast (via Europe or the Gulf)	Flight time	~3–4h from the US East Coast

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

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Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Egypt and Montego Bay
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
Montego Bay · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	88	88	88	88	87	85	83
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
Montego Bay · rain (in)	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.1	4.0	3.5	2.4	3.5	5.1	7.1	3.0	1.5

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