🇵🇭 Philippines or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Philippines leads on nature and the sea. Egypt leads on cities and getting around.
A normal day costs about $85 in Philippines and $75 in Egypt.
Side by side
- 🇵🇭 Philippines🇪🇬 Egypt
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $85A normal day$75
- 14h to ManilaNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- Not the drawCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- Not the drawEasy to get aroundGood
- Domestic flights and ferries, cheap but often delayed, leave slackGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- The typhoon months, roughly August to OctoberWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇵🇭 Choose Philippines if
you want water and islands above everything else, on a small budget, and you can handle slow travel days.
🇪🇬 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 Philippines guide →Full Egypt guide →
And what the world thinks
🇵🇭 Philippines leads by 5 votes.
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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.