Rhodes vs Sharm el-Sheikh

Curved turquoise pool with metal railing overlooking white resort buildings, beach loungers, and Mediterranean Sea under clear blue sky.

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

Rhodes 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

Rhodes compared with Sharm el-Sheikh
Rhodes	Measure	Sharm el-Sheikh
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$79–$328/night pp	Nightly rates	$69–$261/night pp (better)
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	0 of 6
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February	Rainy season	None to speak of
June and September; July–August is hottest, busiest and windiest	Sweet spot	October–May; high summer is very hot but dry, and the sea is at its warmest
Rhodes Diagoras (RHO), most resorts 20–60 min down the east coast	Airport	Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH), most resorts 10–30 min
Value big-resort beaches, a medieval city, reliable sun	Best for	Snorkelling and diving from the beach, weather-proof sun
None tropical; dry summers with the meltemi wind	Weather risk	None; effectively no rain

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

Rhodes

Sharm el-Sheikh

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Rhodes and Sharm el-Sheikh
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rhodes · high °F	59	60	63	69	76	83	87	88	83	76	68	62
Sharm el-Sheikh · high °F	72	74	79	86	93	97	99	99	95	89	81	74
Rhodes · rain (in)	5.9	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.7	3.9	6.1
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 Rhodes and Sharm el-Sheikh: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.