🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates or 🇮🇸 Iceland
Which one, honestly
United Arab Emirates leads on cities, food and the sea. Iceland leads on nature.
A normal day costs about $175 in United Arab Emirates and $190 in Iceland.
Side by side
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇮🇸 Iceland
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsJun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $175A normal day$190
- 7h to DubaiNonstop from London3h 20m to Reykjavik
- GoodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- Very goodFoodGood
- Not the drawNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyNot the draw
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Metro in Dubai, taxis everywhere else, a car for the mountainsGetting aroundA hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interior
- June to September, when outdoors stops being an optionWhen to avoidNothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to June
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 Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
Full United Arab Emirates guide →Full Iceland 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.