Egypt vs Zanzibar

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 Zanzibar, 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 Zanzibar
Egypt	Measure	Zanzibar
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
19 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	15
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$53–$285/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$93–$723/night pp
4 of 19	Adults-only resorts	0 of 15
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
None to speak of	Rainy season	Long rains mid-March to May (April is the wettest month), short rains in November
October–May; high summer is very hot (but dry, and the sea is warm)	Sweet spot	June to October and December to February

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

Zanzibar

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Egypt and Zanzibar
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
Zanzibar · 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
Zanzibar · 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 (ZNZ): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.