🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇹🇭 Thailand
Which one, honestly
Thailand leads on food, the sea and nature.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $85 in Thailand.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇹🇭 Thailand
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $75A normal day$85
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London11h 30m to Bangkok
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, sleeper trains and boats, all easy
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidApril, the hottest month, and the burning season in the north
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 Thailand if
you want your money to go a very long way, with beaches and food, and you do not mind heat.
Full Egypt guide →Full Thailand 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.