Egypt vs Tanzania

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

Thatched-roof pavilion with blue curtains surrounded by palm trees, flowering plants, and a small pool at The Palms Zanzibar.

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.

By the numbers

Egypt compared with Tanzania
Egypt	Measure	Tanzania
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 3: Reconsider Travel
20 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	15
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$62–$261/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$75–$560/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	Long 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 spot	June–October and December–February
Arabic (English widely spoken at resorts)	Language	Swahili & English (English widely used in tourism)
Egyptian pound (EGP) – USD and euro often accepted	Currency	Tanzanian shilling (TZS); USD widely accepted
220V, Type C/F plugs (European – adapter needed)	Power	230V, Type G (UK-style) plugs – bring an adapter
On the right	Driving	On the left
Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH)	Main airport	Zanzibar / 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. 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

Tanzania

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Egypt and Tanzania
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
Tanzania · high °F	89	90	90	87	84	84	83	83	84	86	88	89
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
Tanzania · rain (in)	3.0	2.4	5.9	15.3	7.8	1.9	1.1	1.4	2.0	3.5	8.0	5.5

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