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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
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Sharm el-Sheikh by Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sharm el-Sheikh or Vancouver?

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

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Sharm el-Sheikh 30, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Sharm el-Sheikh 12, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Sharm el-Sheikh and Vancouver are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Sharm el-Sheikh 82, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Sharm el-Sheikh 30, Vancouver 45: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Sharm el-Sheikh 62, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Sharm el-Sheikh 22, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Sharm el-Sheikh 25, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Sharm el-Sheikh 74, Vancouver 27: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sharm el-Sheikh 10, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sharm el-Sheikh and Vancouver are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sharm el-Sheikh and Vancouver.

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.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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. Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSharm el-SheikhVancouver
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation1 m2 m
Main airportSharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)16 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSharm el-SheikhVancouver
City population73,000662,248
People per km²-5,759
Museums within 10 km126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.