Egypt in the blog

A side-by-side look at Egypt's three Red Sea resorts from December to February: where the wind drops, how long the drive from the airport takes, where you can snorkel straight off the beach and what a week costs from Poland.

January is the quietest and one of the cheapest stretches of the year on the Red Sea, and the finest month of all for Luxor and Cairo. Here are the temperatures resort by resort, the cost of a week for two, the Polish school holiday dates and the entry rules by passport, including Belarusian and Ukrainian ones.

Ten January destinations with sea between +25 and +29°C, plus three closer ones where the sun shows up but swimming does not. Water and air temperatures, flight times from Warsaw after this season's changes to charter routes, indicative prices for a week for two, and every form and fee to sort out before departure.

Eight warm-sea destinations ranked by flight time and water temperature, with indicative prices for a week for two and the paperwork each one needs from residents of Poland.

We look at where the sea is still swimmable in November and where the trip becomes sightseeing instead. With water temperatures, flight times from Warsaw and indicative weekly prices in PLN.

In November the Red Sea is warmer than an unheated hotel pool, and Egypt flips from a beach country to a sightseeing one. Week-by-week temperatures, the three trip formats that work, what a week costs in PLN and what changed at the Grand Egyptian Museum.

October is the only month when both halves of Egypt work at once - the Red Sea still at 26-28C and Luxor down from July's furnace heat. Five bases compared on air, sea, flights from Warsaw and cost in PLN, plus what the 2026 visa changes actually mean.