🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on nature and getting around. Egypt leads on value for money, the sea and cities.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $75 in Egypt.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇪🇬 Egypt
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $190A normal day$75
- 3h 20m to ReykjavikNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- GoodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
🇪🇬 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.
Full Iceland guide →Full Egypt guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
Compare something else
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.