Egypt vs Riviera Maya

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

Aerial view of Barceló Maya Palace resort showing blue pool complex, palm-lined grounds, beachfront buildings, and Caribbean Sea.

Egypt and Riviera Maya, 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.

Egypt guide · Riviera Maya guide · How we score

By the numbers

Egypt compared with Riviera Maya
Egypt	Measure	Riviera Maya
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
20	Resorts in our catalog	39 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$62–$303/night pp	Nightly rates	$46–$635/night pp (better)
4 of 20	Adults-only resorts	9 of 39
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
None to speak of	Rainy season	June–October, heaviest September–October
October–May; high summer is very hot (but dry, and the sea is warm)	Sweet spot	December–April
Egyptian pound (EGP) – USD and euro often accepted	Currency	Mexican peso; USD widely accepted in resort corridors

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

Riviera Maya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Egypt and Riviera Maya
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
Riviera Maya · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
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
Riviera Maya · rain (in)	3.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	4.0	6.5	4.0	4.5	8.5	8.5	4.0	3.5

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