Photos: Sharm el-Sheikh by Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.
Sharm el-Sheikh or Victoria Falls?
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
- nightlife
What lies behind each score is written up on Sharm el-Sheikh’s own page.
Choose Victoria Falls for
- getting around
- nature and the outdoors
What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sharm el-Sheikh and Victoria Falls.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.
Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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
Victoria Falls in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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. Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Sharm el-Sheikh | Victoria Falls |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Arabic | English, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe |
| Currency | Egyptian Pound (EGP) | Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG) |
| Sockets | CF220 V, 50 Hz | G220 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer | UTC+2 |
| Emergency number | Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180 | 999 |
| Elevation | 1 m | 961 m |
| Main airport | Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)16 km from centre112 non-stop destinations | Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 15 days | 13 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Sharm el-Sheikh | Victoria Falls |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 73,000 | 33,060 |
| Museums within 10 km | 1 | 2 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | - |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Sharm el-Sheikh or Victoria Falls somewhere new.