Region · Egypt
Where to stay in Red Sea Governorate
This guide covers 3 destinations in Red Sea Governorate, a first-level administrative division of Egypt, with 157 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Hurghada, Ras Gharib and Safaga. Across its destinations, November to March are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Hurghada International Airport (HRG).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Places to stay
- 157
- Comfortable in the most places
- November to March
- Main airport
- HRGHurghada International Airport
- Currency
- EGPEgyptian pound
- Time zone
- Africa/Cairo
Destinations
Destinations in Red Sea Governorate
Every destination in this guide in Red Sea Governorate, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Hotels in Red Sea Governorate
157 hotels in Red Sea Governorate recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Red Sea Governorate
From the climate of 3 destinations in Red Sea Governorate with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: November to March.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 of 3 | 21 °C | 1 mm |
| February | 3 of 3 | 22 °C | 1 mm |
| March | 3 of 3 | 25 °C | 1 mm |
| April | 2 of 3 | 28 °C | 1 mm |
| May | 0 of 3 | 32 °C | 1 mm |
| June | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 0 mm |
| July | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 0 mm |
| August | 0 of 3 | 35 °C | 0 mm |
| September | 0 of 3 | 33 °C | 0 mm |
| October | 0 of 3 | 30 °C | 1 mm |
| November | 3 of 3 | 26 °C | 0 mm |
| December | 3 of 3 | 22 °C | 2 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Red Sea Governorate
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Red Sea Governorate name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
HRG · Hurghada International Airport
SSH · Sharm El Sheikh International Airport
RMF · Marsa Alam International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Red Sea Governorate, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Egypt
Nearby
Regions near Red Sea Governorate
Other regions of Egypt with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.