Once a Bedouin fishing village on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula, Dahab became a hippie destination in the 1980s and is now one of the world's top diving locations. The Blue Hole, a 130m-deep underwater sinkhole just offshore, is both legendary and notorious among freedivers. The town sits between the Red Sea's coral reefs and the dramatic mountains of the Sinai desert.
Nights sit around 30°C and afternoons around 35°C.
Dahab has real seasons: summer afternoons sit around 36°C, winter ones around 23°C.
Rain is hardly part of the picture: about 11 mm a year, with January the wettest month at just 2 mm. Dry, bright months are the norm.
Wind is a factor: September averages 20 km/h, enough to notice on a terrace or a bike. Air quality is worth watching: April averages an AQI of 59, while February clears to 51.
Days stretch to about 13.8 hours of light in June and shrink to 10.2 in December — something to weigh if you work to a fixed timezone.
For what you're after, the best months in Dahab are March – May. Expect slow internet (23 Mbps) and a low cost of living (about €550 a month).
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