Egypt vs Rhodes

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

Curved turquoise pool with metal railing overlooking white resort buildings, beach loungers, and Mediterranean Sea under clear blue sky.

Egypt and Rhodes, 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 Rhodes
Egypt	Measure	Rhodes
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
20 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	9
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$62–$261/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$79–$328/night pp
4 of 20	Adults-only resorts	2 of 9
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
None to speak of	Rainy season	November–February
October–May; high summer is very hot (but dry, and the sea is warm)	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest, busiest and windiest

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

Rhodes

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Egypt and Rhodes
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
Rhodes · high °F	59	60	63	69	76	83	87	88	83	76	68	62
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
Rhodes · rain (in)	5.9	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.7	3.9	6.1

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