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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
The lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-SheikhThe lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sharm el-Sheikh by Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Como or Sharm el-Sheikh?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Como for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Como’s own page.

Choose Sharm el-Sheikh for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Sharm el-Sheikh’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Como 36, Sharm el-Sheikh 87: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Sharm el-Sheikh 30: Como leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Sharm el-Sheikh 12: Como leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Sharm el-Sheikh 42: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como and Sharm el-Sheikh are level on 82.
Day trips. Como 87, Sharm el-Sheikh 30: Como leads by 57 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Sharm el-Sheikh 62: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Sharm el-Sheikh 22: Como leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, Sharm el-Sheikh 25: Como leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Como 30, Sharm el-Sheikh 74: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Sharm el-Sheikh 10: Como leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Sharm el-Sheikh 50: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Sharm el-Sheikh.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Como
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Sharm el-Sheikh
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Sharm el-Sheikh in July

38 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sharm el-Sheikh has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Sharm el-Sheikh: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureComoSharm el-Sheikh
Official languageItalianArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation201 m1 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsSharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)16 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoSharm el-Sheikh
City population83,18473,000
People per km²2,242-
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km80
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.