Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast vs St. Lucia

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

Private villa courtyard at Serenity at Coconut Bay with turquoise plunge pool, loungers, and pink cottage beyond palm trees.

Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast and St. Lucia, 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 St. Lucia
Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast	Measure	St. Lucia
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
14	Resorts in our catalog	17 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$62–$249/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$87–$810/night pp
4 of 14	Adults-only resorts	8 of 17
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

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

St. Lucia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Hurghada & the Red Sea Coast and St. Lucia
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
St. Lucia · 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
St. Lucia · 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 Northwest coast (Rodney Bay–Soufrière): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.