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The Red Sea shore at Sharm El Sheikh, with an island on the horizon

Egypt

Sharm El Sheikh

Diving off the shore, a day in Ras Muhammad and the Saint Catherine mountains.

  • Typical stay: 4–7 days

Why ⁨Sharm El Sheikh⁩?

  1. The reef wall

    A reef wall that begins where the beach ends.

  2. Ras Muhammad park

    Ras Muhammad national park at the tip of the peninsula.

  3. Saint Catherine's monastery

    A day inland to the mountains and Saint Catherine's monastery.

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 ⁨Sharm El Sheikh⁩

March to May and October to November

  • January

    Average high: 22°C

    Average low 13°C

    Coldest month

    0 days of rain

  • February

    Average high: 23°C

    Average low 14°C

    1 day of rain

    Wettest month

    Good time to go

  • March

    Average high: 26°C

    Average low 16°C

    1 day of rain

    Best time to go

  • April

    Average high: 31°C

    Average low 21°C

    0 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • May

    Average high: 36°C

    Average low 25°C

    0 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • June

    Average high: 39°C

    Average low 28°C

    0 days of rain

  • July

    Average high: 40°C

    Average low 29°C

    Warmest month

    0 days of rain

  • August

    Average high: 40°C

    Average low 29°C

    0 days of rain

  • September

    Average high: 38°C

    Average low 28°C

    0 days of rain

  • October

    Average high: 34°C

    Average low 24°C

    0 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • November

    Average high: 29°C

    Average low 19°C

    0 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • December

    Average high: 25°C

    Average low 15°C

    0 days of rain

    Good time to go

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Local tips

  • Insider tips

    1. You do not need a boat: several house reefs drop straight off the beach, which is rare worldwide.

    2. Give one day to the inland mountains. Sinai is not only its coast, and the drive changes the picture.

  • Customs and safety

    1. Ras Muhammad is a national park and all the reef is alive: nothing stood on, touched or taken out.

    2. Beachwear belongs to the resort and its beach; the old market and residential streets are ordinary Egyptian, dress accordingly.

  • Food and prayer

    1. Halal is the ordinary case across town; some hotel restaurants serve pork and alcohol for European visitors, labelled.

    2. Mosques stand in the old market and residential districts; the larger hotels and the airport keep prayer rooms.

Getting around ⁨Sharm El Sheikh⁩

  • Taxi

    The coast road is covered by taxi or hotel shuttle; the bays are further apart than they look.

    Recommended

  • Ferry

    Dive and snorkel boats leave from the marina and the bays, which is how the offshore reefs are reached.

  • Walking

    Within a bay everything is walkable: the promenade, the dive centres and the restaurants are one strip.

From the airport

  • SSH

    Sharm El Sheikh International Airport

    Taxi and Bus

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About ⁨Sharm El Sheikh⁩

The Gulf of Aqaba is deep and the coral grows right up to the shoreline, so the reef wall begins where the beach ends. That single fact is why there is a town here at all, and it is what separates Sharm from a beach resort anywhere else.

The town is a series of bays along one road rather than a centre with suburbs. Na'ama Bay is the busiest, the others are quieter, and the choice between them is the main decision to make before arriving.

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