Halkidiki vs Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast

Large curved swimming pool with bright turquoise water overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, with white umbrellas, loungers, and pine trees at Ikos Oceania.

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

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast14 resorts · ★ 4.7 average

Halkidiki and Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast, 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

Halkidiki compared with Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast
Halkidiki	Measure	Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
3	Resorts in our catalog	14 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.7
$342–$472/night pp	Nightly rates	$62–$249/night pp (better)
0 of 3	Adults-only resorts	4 of 14
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
October–December, lightly; no true wet season	Rainy season	None to speak of
June and September; May can still be cool in the water	Sweet spot	October–May; high summer is very hot but dry, and the sea is at its warmest
Calm shallow swimming, a local rather than package feel, luxury without an island ferry	Best for	Value, sandy beaches, family aqua-park resorts; Marsa Alam for diving
None tropical; summer thunderstorms rather than tropical rain	Weather risk	None; effectively no rain

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

Halkidiki

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Halkidiki and Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Halkidiki · high °F	50	53	59	67	76	84	89	89	81	71	61	53
Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast · high °F	71	73	78	85	91	95	97	97	93	87	80	74
Halkidiki · rain (in)	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.2	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.1	2.0
Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast · 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

Approximate climate normals for Thessaloniki (the coast runs a touch milder) and Hurghada: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.