Mauritius vs Sharm el-Sheikh

Circular fire pit on wooden deck with palm trees and ocean-view infinity pool beyond at Ambre, A Sunlife Resort.

Rixos Premium Seagate beachfront with pale buildings, palm trees, and white umbrellas lining the sandy shore and shallow water.

Sharm el-Sheikh6 resorts · ★ 4.7 average

Mauritius and Sharm el-Sheikh, 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

Mauritius compared with Sharm el-Sheikh
Mauritius	Measure	Sharm el-Sheikh
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
19 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$92–$768/night pp	Nightly rates	$69–$261/night pp (better)
5 of 19	Adults-only resorts	0 of 6
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
January–March	Rainy season	None to speak of
May–November (cooler, dry, cyclone-free)	Sweet spot	October–May; high summer is very hot but dry, and the sea is at its warmest

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

Mauritius

Sharm el-Sheikh

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Mauritius and Sharm el-Sheikh
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mauritius · high °F	86	86	86	84	81	78	77	77	79	81	83	85
Sharm el-Sheikh · high °F	72	74	79	86	93	97	99	99	95	89	81	74
Mauritius · rain (in)	10.4	11.0	9.4	5.0	3.8	2.6	2.3	2.5	1.4	1.6	1.9	6.7
Sharm el-Sheikh · rain (in)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1

Approximate climate normals for Island-wide and Sharm el-Sheikh: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.