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Best time to visit Hurghada

December is the best time to visit Hurghada for general sightseeing, with average highs of 22 °C and about 0 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly November to March.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking December comfort 96/100
A beach holiday November sea 26 °C
The least cloud August 2 % average cloud cover
The least rain June 0 mm
Warmth August 35 °C
Cooler weather January 20 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 December 96 22 °C 0 86
2 February 95 21 °C 0 81
3 January 94 20 °C 0 79
4 March 93 24 °C 0 90
5 November 90 25 °C 0 98
6 April 83 27 °C 0 97
7 October 72 30 °C 0 96
8 May 68 31 °C 0 95
9 September 59 33 °C 0 87
10 June 56 33 °C 0 87
11 July 52 34 °C 0 81
12 August 50 35 °C 0 78

For a beach holiday

November scores highest, with a sea temperature of 26 °C and air temperatures around 25 °C. The sea never reaches 20 °C here.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 23 °C 20 °C 20 % 79
February 22 °C 21 °C 19 % 81
March 22 °C 24 °C 16 % 90
April 23 °C 27 °C 16 % 97
May 25 °C 31 °C 16 % 95
June 26 °C 33 °C 2 % 87
July 28 °C 34 °C 2 % 81
August 29 °C 35 °C 2 % 78
September 28 °C 33 °C 2 % 87
October 27 °C 30 °C 9 % 96
November 26 °C 25 °C 17 % 98
December 25 °C 22 °C 21 % 86

When to think twice

August scores lowest with about 0 wet days and highs near 35 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
January 20.2 °C 2 mm 20 %
February 21.4 °C 1 mm 19 %
March 23.9 °C 2 mm 16 %
April 27.2 °C under 1 mm 16 %
May 30.6 °C under 1 mm 16 %
June 33.1 °C 0 mm 2 %
July 34.2 °C 0 mm 2 %
August 34.5 °C 0 mm 2 %
September 32.7 °C under 1 mm 2 %
October 29.7 °C 2 mm 9 %
November 25.5 °C 1 mm 17 %
December 21.8 °C 1 mm 21 %

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.