Portugal vs Sharm el-Sheikh

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

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

Portugal 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

Portugal compared with Sharm el-Sheikh
Portugal	Measure	Sharm el-Sheikh
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
16 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$47–$333/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$69–$261/night pp
0 of 16	Adults-only resorts	0 of 6
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–March	Rainy season	None to speak of
June–September (the ocean stays refreshingly cool all year)	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

Portugal

Sharm el-Sheikh

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Portugal and Sharm el-Sheikh
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Portugal · high °F	61	62	65	68	72	79	84	84	80	74	67	62
Sharm el-Sheikh · high °F	72	74	79	86	93	97	99	99	95	89	81	74
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
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 Algarve and Sharm el-Sheikh: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.