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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
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Sharm el-Sheikh by Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Sharm el-Sheikh or Tokyo?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Sharm el-Sheikh 30, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 68 points.
Culture & sights. Sharm el-Sheikh 12, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Sharm el-Sheikh 42, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sharm el-Sheikh 82, Tokyo 68: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Sharm el-Sheikh 30, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Sharm el-Sheikh 62, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Sharm el-Sheikh 22, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 76 points.
Shopping & style. Sharm el-Sheikh 25, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 74 points.
Affordability. Sharm el-Sheikh 74, Tokyo 48: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sharm el-Sheikh 10, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 76 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sharm el-Sheikh 50, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sharm el-Sheikh and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Sharm el-Sheikh
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Sharm el-SheikhTokyo

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. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSharm el-SheikhTokyo
Official languageArabicJapanese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1 m6 m
Main airportSharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)16 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSharm el-SheikhTokyo
City population73,00014,264,798
People per km²-6,501
Museums within 10 km1192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.