Egypt vs Turkey

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 Concorde De Luxe Resort's distinctive white building with curved wings overlooking multiple pools, beach, and turquoise Mediterranean Sea with boats.

Egypt and Turkey, 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 Turkey
Egypt	Measure	Turkey
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
20 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	19
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$62–$261/night pp	Nightly rates	$1–$1549/night pp (better)
4 of 20	Adults-only resorts	0 of 19
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
None to speak of	Rainy season	November–February (impressively wet winters, irrelevant to summer trips)
October–May; high summer is very hot (but dry, and the sea is warm)	Sweet spot	May–June and September–October; July–August regularly tops 90°F
Arabic (English widely spoken at resorts)	Language	Turkish (English common in resorts)
Egyptian pound (EGP) – USD and euro often accepted	Currency	Turkish lira (TRY); euros often accepted at resorts
220V, Type C/F plugs (European – adapter needed)	Power	230V, Type C/F plugs (US devices need an adapter)
On the right	Driving	On the right
Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH)	Main airport	Antalya (AYT)
~11–13h from the US East Coast (via Europe or the Gulf)	Flight time	~11–13h from the US East Coast (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

Turkey

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Egypt and Turkey
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
Turkey · high °F	59	60	64	70	78	86	93	93	87	79	69	61
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
Turkey · rain (in)	9.2	6.3	3.8	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	2.6	7.1	10.2

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