Sharm el-Sheikh vs St. Lucia

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Sharm el-Sheikh6 resorts · ★ 4.7 average

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Sharm el-Sheikh 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

Sharm el-Sheikh compared with St. Lucia
Sharm el-Sheikh	Measure	St. Lucia
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	17 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$69–$261/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$87–$810/night pp
0 of 6	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

Sharm el-Sheikh

St. Lucia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Sharm el-Sheikh and St. Lucia
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
St. Lucia · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
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 Sharm el-Sheikh and Northwest coast (Rodney Bay–Soufrière): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.