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Hurghada's coast and the turquoise Red Sea from the air

Egypt

Hurghada

Diving and snorkelling: reefs close in and a boat to the Giftun islands.

  • Typical stay: 4–7 days

Why ⁨Hurghada⁩?

  1. Reefs close by

    Reefs and dive sites under an hour from the marina.

  2. The Giftun islands

    A day on the water out to the Giftun islands.

  3. The Eastern Desert

    A trip into the Eastern Desert's mountains, right behind the hotels.

Before you go

  • Currency

    Egyptian Pound

  • Language

    Arabic

  • Time difference

    GMT+3

  • Plugs

    Type C, F

  • Getting around

    Taxi

  • Driving

    On the right

Best time to visit ⁨Hurghada⁩

March to May and October to November

  • January

    Average high: 21°C

    Average low 14°C

    Coldest month

    1 day of rain

  • February

    Average high: 21°C

    Average low 14°C

    1 day of rain

    Good time to go

  • March

    Average high: 24°C

    Average low 16°C

    1 day of rain

    Wettest month

    Best time to go

  • April

    Average high: 27°C

    Average low 20°C

    0 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • May

    Average high: 31°C

    Average low 23°C

    0 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • June

    Average high: 34°C

    Average low 27°C

    0 days of rain

  • July

    Average high: 35°C

    Average low 29°C

    0 days of rain

  • August

    Average high: 35°C

    Average low 29°C

    Warmest month

    0 days of rain

  • September

    Average high: 34°C

    Average low 27°C

    0 days of rain

  • October

    Average high: 30°C

    Average low 24°C

    0 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • November

    Average high: 27°C

    Average low 20°C

    0 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • December

    Average high: 23°C

    Average low 16°C

    0 days of rain

    Good time to go

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Local tips

  • Insider tips

    1. Take the first boat out: the sea is flattest in the morning, the sites emptiest before day trips.

    2. Give one day to the desert. The mountains behind the coast are a different country, and most people never look.

  • Customs and safety

    1. Coral is alive and breaks under a hand or a fin. Nothing is stood on, touched or taken.

    2. The sea reflects the sun, so a boat day burns more than a beach day: cover up rather than reapply.

  • Food and prayer

    1. Halal is the ordinary case in hotels and town alike; a few hotel restaurants serve pork for European visitors, labelled.

    2. Mosques stand through the town and along the coast road; the larger hotels and the airport keep prayer rooms.

Getting around ⁨Hurghada⁩

  • Taxi

    How the coast road is covered between the hotels, the marina and the town. Agree the fare before setting off.

    Recommended

  • Ferry

    Boats from the marina are the point of being here: the islands and the dive sites are only reachable that way.

  • Bus

    Intercity coaches connect the Red Sea towns and run inland to the Nile Valley.

From the airport

  • HRG

    Hurghada International Airport

    Taxi and Bus

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About ⁨Hurghada⁩

Hurghada is a line rather than a centre: hotels along a coast road with the desert immediately behind them and the water immediately in front. Choosing where to stay here is really choosing which stretch of that line, and how far it is from the marina.

Almost everything worth doing is offshore or inland, not on the strip itself. A day here is a boat out to the reefs or the islands, or a drive into the Eastern Desert behind the coast.

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