🇹🇭 Thailand or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Thailand leads on food, the sea and nature.
A normal day costs about $85 in Thailand and $75 in Egypt.
Side by side
- 🇹🇭 Thailand🇪🇬 Egypt
- Jan, Feb, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $85A normal day$75
- 11h 30m to BangkokNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights, sleeper trains and boats, all easyGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- April, the hottest month, and the burning season in the northWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇹🇭 Choose Thailand if
you want your money to go a very long way, with beaches and food, and you do not mind heat.
🇪🇬 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 Thailand guide →Full Egypt 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.