Best Time To Visit Sharm El Sheikh

November drops to twenty-seven degrees and December to twenty-three, while the sea only falls to twenty-five and a half and then twenty-four and a half.

The water lags the air, which works in your favour here. Both months stay comfortable for diving without heavy neoprene.

February is the coldest month for the sea and it still reaches twenty-two and a half degrees. Sharm's water never drops below twenty-two in any month of the year.

Air runs twenty-two to twenty-five through this window, with no rain. This is a proper winter-sun and winter-diving season rather than an off-season.

April reaches about thirty degrees and May thirty-four, with the sea climbing from twenty-three towards twenty-five.

The khamsin runs March to May across Egypt, typically arriving in April: a hot, dusty wind that can lift the temperature sharply for a few hours. It rarely comes more than once a week, so keep one flexible day rather than avoiding the season.

June and July run about thirty-seven degrees, and July's sea reaches twenty-eight, close to its annual best.

The diving is excellent and the land is not. Plan around dawn boats and shade, because the middle of the day ashore is punishing in both months.

July and August are tied as the hottest months at about thirty-seven and a half degrees, and August has the warmest sea of the year at nearly twenty-nine.

The nights are why you skip it. August averages twenty-eight degrees overnight, so there is no relief at any hour. September is only slightly better at thirty-five.

Sharm's sea is warmer than Hurghada's in every single month of the year, and the gap is widest in winter. February is twenty-two and a half against twenty-one; December twenty-four and a half against twenty-three.

Sharm's coldest month is warmer than Hurghada's April. For a December to March water-based trip this is the right Red Sea choice, with two hundred and fifty coral reefs, a thousand species of fish, Shark and Yolanda reefs, Ras Muhammad National Park and the Thistlegorm wreck all divable year-round. For a cool summer instead, Alexandria is the Egyptian answer.