🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇮🇳 India
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on the sea and getting around. India leads on food, nature and cities.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $65 in India.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇮🇳 India
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $75A normal day$65
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London8h 30m to Delhi
- Very goodBeaches and seaGood
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundNot the draw
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundTrains for distance, a car with driver for regions, both cheap
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidThe northern plains in May, and the monsoon unless you are heading for the mountains
Pick by what you want
🇪🇬 Choose Egypt if
you want the oldest thing on this list, a river trip through it, and Red Sea diving, at prices nowhere in Europe matches.
🇮🇳 Choose India if
you want the biggest change of scene available, extraordinary food, and a budget that goes further than anywhere else on this list.
Full Egypt guide →Full India guide →
And what the world thinks
🇮🇳 India leads by 50 votes.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.