Hurghada to Quseer: reef diving on a desert coast that stays swimmable when Europe has given up. Daytime highs in the Red Sea coast run from about 21 °C in January to 36 °C in July, an annual range of roughly 15 °C.
Measured against a beach trip, the conditions hold up February to May and October to December. March is the most consistent single month: highs near 25 °C, nights around 15 °C, and roughly 0 mm of rain across the month.
What rules months out here is temperature, not any composite judgement. January is the weakest month on these criteria.
What the Red Sea coast is known for
- The Red Sea has over 200 coral species and famously high visibility year-round
- The SS Thistlegorm, sunk in 1941, is one of the world's best-known wreck dives
- Ras Mohammed at Sinai's tip was Egypt's first national park
- Luxor's Valley of the Kings is reachable overland from Hurghada
Month by month
| Month | High °C | Low °C | Precip mm | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0.4 |
| February | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0.2 |
| March | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0.2 |
| April | 29 | 19 | 0 | 0.1 |
| May | 32 | 22 | 0 | 0.1 |
| June | 35 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 |
| July | 36 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 |
| August | 36 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 |
| September | 34 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 |
| October | 31 | 22 | 0 | 0.1 |
| November | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0.2 |
| December | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0.2 |
Ticked rows are months where every hard requirement for a beach trip is met across at least half the month.
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Nearby regions
Figures are 30-year climatology sampled at Hurghada, El Gouna, Safaga, Quseer and Sharm el-Sheikh, averaged across those locations, from ERA5-Land reanalysis fitted with a harmonic seasonal cycle and a trend term, evaluated for 2026. Sampling named towns rather than averaging the whole region avoids blending valley and mountain conditions into a figure true of neither. Cells are about 0.08° wide, from ERA5-Land's 0.1° grid, which is itself driven by a 0.25° (~28 km) atmospheric reanalysis — so individual valleys, sheltered bays and single summits are not resolved. In steep terrain read these as conditions for the wider area rather than for one village. They describe typical conditions, not a forecast. Read how the climatology is built.