🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇯🇵 Japan
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on value for money and the sea. Japan leads on food, nature and getting around.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $165 in Japan.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇯🇵 Japan
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsMar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov
- $75A normal day$165
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London14h to Tokyo
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyGood
- GoodEasy to get aroundExceptional
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundThe best rail network in the world, buy the pass before you arrive
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidGolden Week in early May, when the whole country travels at once
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 Japan if
you want somewhere that feels genuinely different, you like cities and food, and you want everything to work perfectly.
Full Egypt guide →Full Japan guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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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.