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Egypt vs Tanzania

Egypt and Tanzania, 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 Tanzania
EgyptMeasureTanzania
Level 2: Exercise Increased CautionU.S. travel advisoryLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
20Resorts in our catalog14
★ 4.7 (better)Average guest rating★ 4.7
$62–$303/night ppNightly rates$152–$615/night pp
4 of 20Adults-only resorts0 of 14
No hurricane seasonHurricane exposureNo hurricane season
None to speak ofRainy seasonLong rains mid-March–May (April is seriously wet), short rains November
October–May; high summer is very hot (but dry, and the sea is warm)Sweet spotJune–October and December–February
Arabic (English widely spoken at resorts)LanguageSwahili & English (English widely used in tourism)
Egyptian pound (EGP) – USD and euro often acceptedCurrencyTanzanian shilling (TZS); USD widely accepted
220V, Type C/F plugs (European – adapter needed)Power230V, Type G (UK-style) plugs – bring an adapter
On the rightDrivingOn the left
Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH)Main airportZanzibar / Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ)
~11–13h from the US East Coast (via Europe or the Gulf)Flight time~16–19h+ from the US, with a connection

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country.

On the map

Map of Egypt resorts
Egypt
Map of Tanzania resorts
Tanzania

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Egypt and Tanzania
MeasureJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Egypt · high °F717378859195979793878074
Tanzania · high °F899090878484838384868889
Egypt · rain (in)0.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.10.10.1
Tanzania · rain (in)3.02.45.915.37.81.91.11.42.03.58.05.5

Approximate climate normals for Red Sea coast (Hurghada) and Zanzibar: planning guidance, not a forecast. Deeper gold = hotter; deeper teal = wetter.

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