Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast vs Rodney Bay

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

White colonial-style building with terracotta roof and arched windows overlooks a rectangular blue pool surrounded by palm trees and loungers.

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast and Rodney Bay, 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 Rodney Bay
Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast	Measure	Rodney Bay
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
14 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	8
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$62–$249/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$87–$564/night pp
4 of 14	Adults-only resorts	1 of 8
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
None to speak of	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
October–May; high summer is very hot but dry, and the sea is at its warmest	Sweet spot	December–April
Hurghada (HRG) for the town and the bays; Marsa Alam (RMF) for the south	Airports	UVF is 75–90 min south; regional SLU (Castries) is ~20 min
Value, sandy beaches, family aqua-park resorts; Marsa Alam for diving	Best for	First St. Lucia trips, families, walk-to-dinner travelers

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

Rodney Bay

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast and Rodney Bay
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
Rodney Bay · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
Rodney Bay · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

Approximate climate normals for Hurghada and Rodney Bay / Gros Islet: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.