På gång i Sharm El Sheikh (Sharm), Egypt under året

Mest folk — European winter season, Mid-year holiday i Egypt

• Helg

  Ramadan

  19 feb – 19 marStängningar

  Naama Bay and the hotel strip run as usual; the town at Hadaba and the workers' quarters keep the fast and shift everything to the evening. Boat crews are fasting on the water. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: European winter season (15 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ramadan, European winter season

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan (19 feb – 19 mar), European winter season (15 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Helg

  Eid al-Fitr

  20–23 marRamadan & eidTrångt

  Egyptian families take the resorts for four or five days and the Ras Mohammed boats sell out. Rates rise for the holiday and drop the week after it. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  The gulf wind

  15 mar – 15 okt · vanligtvisVindsäsongRisk

  The northerly funnels down the gulf most afternoons, which is why the flats at Nabq are full of kites and why the dive boats cross to Tiran early and come back before it builds.

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan (19 feb – 19 mar), European winter season (15 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Sham el-Nessim, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Sham el-Nessim

  13 aprNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  Sham el-Nessim, the Monday after Orthodox Easter, is a public holiday kept by Egyptians of every faith. Families are out from early morning picnicking in parks, gardens, on the river and on beaches, public spaces are packed, and salted fish and coloured eggs are the traditional food. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Eid al-Fitr (20–23 mar), The gulf wind (15 mar – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Eid al-Adha, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 maj – 30 nov · vanligtvis

  Warm enough for a shorty from May into November, at its best in September and October. January to March is still fine for a dive but the wetsuit gets thicker.

• Helg

  Eid al-Adha

  1 maj – 15 jun · vanligtvisRamadan & eidStängningarTrångt

  Eid al-Adha brings Egypt's longest public holiday, usually four or five days. Government offices, banks and many shops close, trains and buses are packed, and hotels fill with Egyptian families at higher rates. The date moves about 11 days earlier each year. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: The gulf wind (15 mar – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sham el-Nessim (13 apr)

Mest folk — Eid al-Adha, Summer holidays i Egypt

• Natur

  Summer schooling at Ras Mohammed

  1 jun – 31 aug · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsong

  High summer is when the snapper and barracuda gather in numbers off the point, which is the one thing here worth putting up with the heat for. Boats book out for it.

• Säsong

  The desert summer

  15 jun – 10 sep · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  Bare rock and no shade between the hotels and the sea; the excursions to St Catherine and Luxor become a bad idea. Rooms are at their cheapest for the year.

Pågår fortfarande: The gulf wind (15 mar – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 maj – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), Eid al-Adha (1 maj – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Egypt, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: The gulf wind (15 mar – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 maj – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), Summer schooling at Ras Mohammed (1 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), The desert summer (15 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Egypt, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: The gulf wind (15 mar – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 maj – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), Summer schooling at Ras Mohammed (1 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), The desert summer (15 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Egypt, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: The gulf wind (15 mar – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 maj – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), The desert summer (15 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: The gulf wind (15 mar – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 maj – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (1 maj – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — European winter season, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  European winter season

  15 dec – 15 mar · vanligtvisSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  Charter flights from Europe fill the bay through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms, when the water is coolest and the air is at its most reasonable.