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Flights from London to Sharm el-Sheikh
Everything worth knowing before you book this route — how far it is, how long you will be in the air, whether a direct flight exists from London, and what the fare is doing.
How long is the flight from London to Sharm el-Sheikh?
The great-circle distance from London (LON) to Sharm el-Sheikh is 2,424 miles. Flown nonstop, that works out at roughly 5h 30m in the air, including taxi time at both ends.
Can you fly London to Sharm el-Sheikh direct?
Nonstop from Gatwick, Stansted and Luton
From Gatwick: British Airways (seasonal), easyJet, TUI and Wizz Air (seasonal). From Stansted: TUI. From Luton: easyJet and Wizz Air (seasonal). easyJet starts flying Southend to Sharm el-Sheikh on 4 January 2027. Jet2 starts flying Gatwick to Sharm el-Sheikh on 11 February 2027. Jet2 starts flying Stansted to Sharm el-Sheikh on 11 February 2027.
What it costs from London
The cheapest return we have measured from London to Sharm el-Sheikh is £123, flying out 26 Feb and back 5 Mar. That is this airport's own best week, found by searching it separately from the other nine — every UK airport wins on a different date. The search allows one stop, so this can be a connection rather than one of the nonstops above.
Price LON → SSH on KiwiWhen to book
The Red Sea is a long narrow trench of water surrounded by desert, and that is the whole explanation for why this destination exists. It has almost no connection to a cold ocean current, so it warms up more and cools down less than anywhere else within reach of Britain — the water here stays swimmable through the British winter without a wetsuit, which is not true of the Canaries, Madeira or the Turkish coast. Rain is close to a non-event: some years none falls at all.
Seasons, prices and the full Sharm el-Sheikh guideLanding in Sharm el-Sheikh
Barely any time-zone shift — you can plan a full first day without allowing for jet lag.
| Airport | SSH, Sharm el-Sheikh, fifteen minutes from Naama Bay and twenty from Nabq — one of the shortest transfers on this list. It is also the airport whose arrivals hall decides your paperwork: the free resort permission stamp is issued here, and only here, for arrivals by air. |
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| Currency | Egyptian pound, though the resorts quote in euros, dollars and sterling and will take all three at a poor rate. Withdraw pounds from an ATM for anything outside a hotel. Keep small notes: tipping is expected constantly and universally, and nobody has change. |
| Language | Arabic. English is spoken across the resort belt to a working standard, and German and Russian nearly as widely. Away from the bays it thins fast, though this is not a destination with much away from the bays. |
Where to stay in Sharm el-Sheikh
Most visitors stay in Ras Um Sid or Naama Bay. The list below is filtered to places rated 9+ by guests and sorted by price, with dates already filled in — change them for your own trip.
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