Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast vs Portugal

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

Resort pool with loungers and umbrellas flanked by white buildings, ocean and coastline visible beyond.

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast and Portugal, 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 Portugal
Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast	Measure	Portugal
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
14	Resorts in our catalog	16 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$62–$249/night pp	Nightly rates	$47–$333/night pp (better)
4 of 14	Adults-only resorts	0 of 16
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
None to speak of	Rainy season	November–March
October–May; high summer is very hot but dry, and the sea is at its warmest	Sweet spot	June–September (the ocean stays refreshingly cool all year)

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

Portugal

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast and Portugal
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
Portugal · high °F	61	62	65	68	72	79	84	84	80	74	67	62
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
Portugal · rain (in)	3.1	2.6	1.6	1.5	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.1	2.6	3.3	3.9