🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇲🇽 Mexico
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on value for money. Mexico leads on food, the sea and cities.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $95 in Mexico.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇲🇽 Mexico
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
- $75A normal day$95
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London11h 45m to Mexico City
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundComfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flights
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidThe Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane season
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 Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
Full Egypt guide →Full Mexico 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.