Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast vs Riviera Maya

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

Aerial view of Barceló Maya Palace resort showing blue pool complex, palm-lined grounds, beachfront buildings, and Caribbean Sea.

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast and Riviera Maya, 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 Riviera Maya
Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast	Measure	Riviera Maya
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
14	Resorts in our catalog	39 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$62–$249/night pp	Nightly rates	$41–$635/night pp (better)
4 of 14	Adults-only resorts	12 of 39
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
None to speak of	Rainy season	June–October, heaviest September–October
October–May; high summer is very hot but dry, and the sea is at its warmest	Sweet spot	December–April
El Gouna → Hurghada → Sahl Hasheesh, Makadi & Soma → El Quseir → Marsa Alam	The stretch	Puerto Morelos → Playa del Carmen → Akumal → Tulum
Value, sandy beaches, family aqua-park resorts; Marsa Alam for diving	Best for	Cenotes + ruins + beach in one trip; low-rise seclusion

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

Riviera Maya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast and Riviera Maya
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
Riviera Maya · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
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
Riviera Maya · rain (in)	3.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	4.0	6.5	4.0	4.5	8.5	8.5	4.0	3.5

Approximate climate normals for Hurghada and Playa del Carmen–Tulum: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.