🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Which one, honestly
Malaysia leads on food, nature and getting around.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $75.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇲🇾 Malaysia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar
- $75A normal day$75
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London13h to Kuala Lumpur
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundCheap flights, good trains and buses, one of the easiest countries in Asia
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidThe east coast islands from November to February, when most of them close
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 Malaysia if
you want Thailand's food and beaches with a fraction of the crowds, and everything running slightly more smoothly.
Full Egypt guide →Full Malaysia 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.