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The lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-SheikhThe lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Sharm el-Sheikh by Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sharm el-Sheikh or Split?

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 Sharm el-Sheikh for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Split for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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. Sharm el-Sheikh 87, Split 75: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Sharm el-Sheikh 30, Split 57: Split leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Sharm el-Sheikh 12, Split 66: Split leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Sharm el-Sheikh 42, Split 52: Split leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sharm el-Sheikh 82, Split 77: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Sharm el-Sheikh 30, Split 78: Split leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Sharm el-Sheikh 62, Split 54: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Sharm el-Sheikh 22, Split 67: Split leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Sharm el-Sheikh 25, Split 32: Split leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Sharm el-Sheikh 74, Split 45: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sharm el-Sheikh 10, Split 37: Split leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sharm el-Sheikh 50, Split 40: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sharm el-Sheikh and Split.

Your match

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

Sharm el-Sheikh
44match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Sharm el-Sheikh: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSharm el-SheikhSplit
Official languageArabicCroatian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation1 m0 m
Main airportSharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)16 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSharm el-SheikhSplit
City population73,000160,577
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.