Egypt vs Thailand

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

Woven cabana with turquoise daybed on white sand beach at Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket, with pool and palm trees beyond.

Egypt and Thailand, 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 Thailand
Egypt	Measure	Thailand
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
20 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	8
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$62–$261/night pp	Nightly rates	$35–$247/night pp (better)
4 of 20	Adults-only resorts	0 of 8
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
None to speak of	Rainy season	May–October, wettest September–October
October–May; high summer is very hot (but dry, and the sea is warm)	Sweet spot	November–April (the Gulf side, Koh Samui, runs on a different clock; wettest October–December)
Arabic (English widely spoken at resorts)	Language	Thai (English widely used in tourist areas)
Egyptian pound (EGP) – USD and euro often accepted	Currency	Thai baht (THB); cards common, cash for markets
220V, Type C/F plugs (European – adapter needed)	Power	230V, Type A/B/C plugs (bring an adapter)
On the right	Driving	On the left
Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH)	Main airport	Phuket International (HKT)
~11–13h from the US East Coast (via Europe or the Gulf)	Flight time	~20–24h from the US with one stop

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

Thailand

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Egypt and Thailand
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
Thailand · high °F	89	90	91	91	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	88
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
Thailand · rain (in)	1.4	1.2	2.3	4.3	13.5	8.7	10.2	10.5	15.5	12.1	7.1	3.0

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