Weather in Sharm el-Sheikh in June

The month to avoid. June is the month most people should skip in Sharm el-Sheikh. Daytime highs average 38 °C and the afternoon is not negotiable — outdoor plans move to early morning or evening.

June ranks 9 of 12 in Sharm el-Sheikh: past the worst of the year but short of January, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain is not a factor worth planning around this month. Pack for heat management rather than style: shade, water, and a schedule that gives up on the middle of the day.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 28 days of the month clear 35 °C — that is not a heatwave, it is the month. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest June day reached 43.3 °C and the coldest night fell to 22.4 °C.

June is dependably dry, and that reliability is the point: across the twenty years measured, the wettest June on record still only managed 0 mm, and the driest managed 0 mm. There is no meaningful variability to plan around, which makes this one of the few months anywhere that you can build a fixed outdoor itinerary against without a fallback. The wettest single day in twenty years of Junes brought 0 mm. Rain simply is not the variable that decides this trip — heat, crowds and cost are.

Wind is light at 12.7 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and the air is dry at 33% humidity, which makes the heat far more bearable than the same figure somewhere humid — and dehydrates you faster than you expect.

How June sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 35.1 °C in May, 38 here, 38.7 in July. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in June

June is at or near the longest days of Sharm el-Sheikh's year: 13.9 hours of daylight, holding steady all month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 26.5 °C in June — warm enough to stay in as long as you like. The sea peaks at 29.1 °C in August and bottoms out at 22.6 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

June in Sharm el-Sheikh versus nearby

If Sharm el-Sheikh is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Hurghada is a better bet in June — 4.5 °C cooler, the same number of rain days. Cairo is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days.

So: June is a compromise. January is 70 points better and is what Sharm el-Sheikh is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Sharm el-Sheikh

See all twelve months in Sharm el-Sheikh, or where else to go in June.