Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast vs Malaysia

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

Workers unload cardboard boxes and supplies from an open truck bed at Club Med Borneo.

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast and Malaysia, 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

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast compared with Malaysia
Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast	Measure	Malaysia
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
14 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	1
★ 4.7	Average guest rating	–
$62–$249/night pp	Nightly rates	–
4 of 14	Adults-only resorts	0 of 1
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
None to speak of	Rainy season	April–October, wettest September–October
October–May; high summer is very hot but dry, and the sea is at its warmest	Sweet spot	December–March

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

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast

Malaysia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast and Malaysia
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast · high °F	71	73	78	85	91	95	97	97	93	87	80	74
Malaysia · high °F	90	91	91	91	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	88
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
Malaysia · rain (in)	1.4	2.0	4.1	7.4	9.1	7.0	7.8	8.5	12.8	13.5	9.2	3.5