🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates or 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Which one, honestly
United Arab Emirates leads on cities and getting around. Indonesia leads on nature, value for money and the sea.
A normal day costs about $175 in United Arab Emirates and $75 in Indonesia.
Side by side
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $175A normal day$75
- 7h 30m to DubaiNonstop from Singapore2h 50m to Bali
- GoodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- Very goodFoodVery good
- Not the drawNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Metro in Dubai, taxis everywhere else, a car for the mountainsGetting aroundScooters and private drivers on Bali, short flights and ferries between islands
- June to September, when outdoors stops being an optionWhen to avoidJuly and August in south Bali, when the traffic becomes the trip
Pick by what you want
🇦🇪 Choose United Arab Emirates if
you want guaranteed winter sun, very short flights from Europe and Asia, and a city that works like clockwork.
🇮🇩 Choose Indonesia if
you want volcanoes, reefs and rice terraces for very little money, and you are willing to leave the busy south to find them.
Full United Arab Emirates guide →Full Indonesia guide →
And what the world thinks
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates leads by 3 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.