If Covalent Bonds are stronger than why do Ionic Bonds have higher melting points?

Question

I would also like to ask why covalent bonds have lower melting points than Ionic ones.

Answer 1

Simply because in simple molecular compounds it's not the covalent bonds which are broken on melting or boiling.
Look up "intermolecular forces".

Answer 2

I think the question should be rephrased as why do some compounds with covalent bonds have higher melting points as compared to compounds with ionic bonds.

Compounds with covalent bonds, such as ethanol have low boiling points. However the boiling point is NOT due to the breaking of covalent bonds but the breaking of the intermolecular forces (id-id) bonds between the ethanol molecule.

Compounds with ionic bonds would have a higher melting point due to the electrostatic forces of attraction between the positively charged and negatively charged ions.

to list an example of how strong covalent bonds are: diamonds have VERY high melting points and the bonds between the carbon atoms are covalent in nature.