Sharm el-Sheikh vs South Africa

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Sharm el-Sheikh6 resorts · ★ 4.7 average

Sharm el-Sheikh and South Africa, 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

Sharm el-Sheikh compared with South Africa
Sharm el-Sheikh	Measure	South Africa
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	0
★ 4.7	Average guest rating	–
$69–$261/night pp	Nightly rates	–
0 of 6	Adults-only resorts	0 of 0
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
None to speak of	Rainy season	November–March (southern-hemisphere summer thunderstorms)
October–May; high summer is very hot but dry, and the sea is at its warmest	Sweet spot	April–September for dry, mild weather; also prime safari season inland

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

Sharm el-Sheikh

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South Africa

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Sharm el-Sheikh and South Africa
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sharm el-Sheikh · high °F	72	74	79	86	93	97	99	99	95	89	81	74
South Africa · high °F	82	83	82	79	77	74	73	74	75	77	79	81
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
South Africa · rain (in)	5.3	4.8	4.8	2.9	2.2	1.1	1.5	1.9	2.9	4.3	4.8	4.0

Approximate climate normals for Sharm el-Sheikh and KwaZulu-Natal coast (Durban): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.